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Bassozetus Trachibranchus
''Bassozetus'' is a genus of cusk-eels found in the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific Oceans. Species There are currently 16 recognized species in this genus: * ''Bassozetus compressus'' (Albert Günther, Günther, 1878) (Abyssal assfish) * ''Bassozetus galatheae'' Jørgen G. Nielsen, J. G. Nielsen & Nigel Robert Merrett, Merrett, 2000 (Galathea assfish) * ''Bassozetus glutinosus'' (Alfred William Alcock, Alcock, 1890) (Glutin assfish) * ''Bassozetus levistomatus'' Yoshihiko Machida, Machida, 1989 * ''Bassozetus mozambiquensis'' Shinichi Tomiyama, Tomiyama, Munehiro Takami, Takami & Atsushi Fukui, A. Fukui, 2016 (Mozambique assfish) * ''Bassozetus multispinis'' Yuri Nikolaevich Shcherbachev, Shcherbachev, 1980 * ''Bassozetus nasus'' Samuel Garman, Garman, 1899 * ''Bassozetus nielseni'' Tomiyama, Takami & Fukui, 2018 (Masked assfish) * ''Bassozetus normalis'' Theodore Nicholas Gill, Gill, 1883 * ''Bassozetus oncerocephalus'' (Léon Louis Vaillant, Vaillan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theodore Nicholas Gill
Theodore Nicholas Gill (March 21, 1837 – September 25, 1914) was an American ichthyologist, mammalogist, malacologist, and librarian. Career Born and educated in New York City under private tutors, Gill early showed interest in natural history. He was associated with J. Carson Brevoort in the arrangement of the latter's entomological and ichthyological collections before going to Washington, DC, in 1863 to work at the Smithsonian Institution. He catalogued mammals, fishes, and mollusks most particularly, although he maintained proficiency in other orders of animals. He was librarian at the Smithsonian and also senior assistant to the Library of Congress. He was elected as a member of the American Philosophical Society in 1867. Gill was professor of zoology at George Washington University. He was also a member of the Megatherium Club at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC. Fellow members frequently mocked him for his vanity. He was president of the American Associati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
