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Bascanichthys Congoensis
''Bascanichthys'' is a genus of eels in the snake eel family Ophichthidae. It currently contains the following species: * ''Bascanichthys bascanium'' (David Starr Jordan, D. S. Jordan, 1884) (Sooty eel) * ''Bascanichthys bascanoides'' Raymond Carroll Osburn, R. C. Osburn & John Treadwell Nichols, Nichols, 1916 (Sooty sand-eel) * ''Bascanichthys ceciliae'' Jacques Blache, Blache & Jean Cadenat, Cadenat, 1971 * ''Bascanichthys cylindricus'' Seth Eugene Meek, Meek & Samuel Frederick Hildebrand, Hildebrand, 1923 (Round sand-eel) * ''Bascanichthys deraniyagalai'' Ambat Gopalan Kutty Menon, Menon, 1961 (Indian longtailed sand-eel) * ''Bascanichthys fijiensis'' (Alvin Seale, Seale, 1935) * ''Bascanichthys filaria'' (Albert Günther, Günther, 1872) * ''Bascanichthys gaira'' (Fabián Moreno, Moreno, Arturo Acero P., Acero P. & Grijalba-Bendeck Marcela, Grijalba-Bendeck, 2016) (Colombian sand eel) * ''Bascanichthys inopinatus'' John E. McCosker, McCosker, Eugenia Brandt Böhlke, E. B. Bà ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Starr Jordan
David Starr Jordan (January 19, 1851 – September 19, 1931) was the founding president of Stanford University, serving from 1891 to 1913. He was an ichthyologist during his research career. Prior to serving as president of Stanford University, he served as president of Indiana University Bloomington, Indiana University from 1885 to 1891. Jordan was also a strong supporter of eugenics, and his published views expressed a fear of "race-degeneration", asserting that cattle and human beings are "governed by the same laws of selection". He was an antimilitarist since he believed that war killed off the best members of the gene pool, and he initially opposed American involvement in World War I. Early life and education Jordan was born in Gainesville (town), New York, Gainesville, New York, and grew up on a farm in upstate New York. His parents made an unorthodox decision to educate him at a local girls' high school. His middle name, Starr, does not appear in early census records, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
