|
Choeroichthys Suillus
''Choeroichthys'' is a genus of pipefishes of the family Syngnathidae native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Etymology The genus name is derived from the Greek meaning "a pig" and meaning "fish". Species There are currently six recognized species in this genus: * ''Choeroichthys brachysoma ''Choeroichthys brachysoma'' (short-bodied pipefish or Pacific short-bodied pipefish) is a species of marine fish of the family Syngnathidae. Overview It is found in the Indo-Pacific, from the Red Sea and East Africa to the Society Islands, the ...'' ( Bleeker, 1855) (Short-bodied pipefish) * '' Choeroichthys cinctus'' C. E. Dawson, 1976 (Barred shortbody pipefish) * '' Choeroichthys latispinosus'' C. E. Dawson, 1978 (Muiron pipefish) * '' Choeroichthys sculptus'' ( Günther, 1870) (Sculptured pipefish) * '' Choeroichthys smithi'' C. E. Dawson, 1976 * '' Choeroichthys suillus'' Whitley, 1951 (Pig-snouted pipefish) References External links * {{Taxonbar, from=Q2405664 Ta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johann Jakob Kaup
Johann Jakob von Kaup (10 April 1803 – 4 July 1873) was a German naturalist. A proponent of natural philosophy, he believed in an innate mathematical order in nature and he attempted biological classifications based on the Quinarian system. Kaup is also known for having coined popular prehistoric taxa like ''Pterosauria'', ''Machairodus'', ''Deinotherium'', ''Dorcatherium'', and ''Chalicotherium''. Biography He was born at Darmstadt. After studying at Göttingen and Heidelberg he spent two years at Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie, Leiden, where his attention was specially devoted to the amphibians and fishes. He then returned to Darmstadt as an assistant in the grand ducal museum, of which in 1840 he became inspector. In 1829 he published ''Skizze zur Entwickelungsgeschichte der europäischen Thierwelt'', in which he regarded the animal world as developed from lower to higher forms, from the amphibians through the birds to the beasts of prey; but subsequently he repudiated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Choeroichthys Latispinosus
''Choeroichthys latispinosus'', also known as the Muiron Island pipefish or Muiron pipefish, is a species of pipefish native to the western coast of Western Australia, named for its recorded sighting on South Murion Island. It is thought to inhabit the area from Port Denison to Brecknock Island in the eastern Kimberley region. Described by Charles Dawson based on a single specimen in 1978, the species is still known from only three localities and very few specimens. Description The holotype, a female, measures SL. Ground colour is dark brown; there are pale white blotches and mottling. Dorsal fin is narrowly edged with black or brown. The snout has a protruding, spinous lateral ridge, to which its specific name ''latispinosus'' refers: it is derived from the Latin ''latus'' (side) and ''spinosus'' (thorny). The dorsal fin has 22 rays, the pectoral fin has 20, the anal fin 4 and the caudal fin has 10. There are 19 trunk rings and 20 tail rings. It grows to a length of in to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Choeroichthys
''Choeroichthys'' is a genus of pipefishes of the family Syngnathidae native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Etymology The genus name is derived from the Greek meaning "a pig" and meaning "fish". Species There are currently six recognized species in this genus: * ''Choeroichthys brachysoma'' ( Bleeker, 1855) (Short-bodied pipefish) * '' Choeroichthys cinctus'' C. E. Dawson, 1976 (Barred shortbody pipefish) * ''Choeroichthys latispinosus'' C. E. Dawson, 1978 (Muiron pipefish) * '' Choeroichthys sculptus'' ( Günther, 1870) (Sculptured pipefish) * '' Choeroichthys smithi'' C. E. Dawson, 1976 * ''Choeroichthys suillus ''Choeroichthys'' is a genus of pipefishes of the family Syngnathidae native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Etymology The genus name is derived from the Greek meaning "a pig" and meaning "fish". Species There are currently six recognize ...'' Whitley, 1951 (Pig-snouted pipefish) References External links * {{Taxonbar, from=Q2405664 Taxa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilbert Percy Whitley
Gilbert Percy Whitley (9 June 1903 – 18 July 1975) was a British-born Australian ichthyologist and malacologist who was curator of fishes at the Australian Museum in Sydney for about 40 years. Early life and education Gilbert Percy Whitley was born on 9 June 1903 at Swaythling, Southampton, England, the eldest child of Percy Nathan Whitley and Clara Minnie (née Moass). He was educated first at King Edward VI School, Southampton and then Osborne House School in Romsey, Hampshire. Whitley migrated with his family to Sydney Sydney is the capital city of the States and territories of Australia, state of New South Wales and the List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city in Australia. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Syd ... in 1921. He started working at the Australian Museum in 1922, while studying zoology at Sydney Technical College and the University of Sydney. Career In 1925 Whitley was formally appointed to the title of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Choeroichthys Suillus
''Choeroichthys'' is a genus of pipefishes of the family Syngnathidae native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Etymology The genus name is derived from the Greek meaning "a pig" and meaning "fish". Species There are currently six recognized species in this genus: * ''Choeroichthys brachysoma ''Choeroichthys brachysoma'' (short-bodied pipefish or Pacific short-bodied pipefish) is a species of marine fish of the family Syngnathidae. Overview It is found in the Indo-Pacific, from the Red Sea and East Africa to the Society Islands, the ...'' ( Bleeker, 1855) (Short-bodied pipefish) * '' Choeroichthys cinctus'' C. E. Dawson, 1976 (Barred shortbody pipefish) * '' Choeroichthys latispinosus'' C. E. Dawson, 1978 (Muiron pipefish) * '' Choeroichthys sculptus'' ( Günther, 1870) (Sculptured pipefish) * '' Choeroichthys smithi'' C. E. Dawson, 1976 * '' Choeroichthys suillus'' Whitley, 1951 (Pig-snouted pipefish) References External links * {{Taxonbar, from=Q2405664 Ta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Choeroichthys Smithi
''Choeroichthys smithi'' (shortfin pipefish, or Smith's short-bodied pipefish) is a species of marine fish of the family Syngnathidae. It is found in the western Indian Ocean along the coasts of Reunion, Mauritius, the Seychelles, Madagascar, Tanzania, Mozambique, and South Africa. It is a demersal species, inhabiting tide pools and reef flats in coastal waters where it can grow to lengths of 5 cm. This species is ovoviviparous, with males carrying the eggs and giving birth to live young. The specific name honours the South African ichthyologist J.L.B. Smith (1897-1968) who collected the material which was used as the holotype A holotype (Latin: ''holotypus'') is a single physical example (or illustration) of an organism used when the species (or lower-ranked taxon) was formally described. It is either the single such physical example (or illustration) or one of s ... by Dawson when he described the species. References Further reading WoRMS smithi Marine fish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Günther
Albert Karl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther , also Albert Charles Lewis Gotthilf Günther (3October 18301February 1914), was a German-born British zoologist, ichthyologist, and herpetologist. Günther is ranked the second-most productive reptile taxonomist (after George Albert Boulenger) with more than 340 reptile species described. Early life and career Günther was born in Esslingen in Swabia ( Württemberg). His father was a ''Stiftungs-Commissar'' in Esslingen and his mother was Eleonora Nagel. He initially schooled at the Stuttgart Gymnasium. His family wished him to train for the ministry of the Lutheran Church for which he moved to the University of Tübingen. A brother shifted from theology to medicine, and he, too, turned to science and medicine at Tübingen in 1852. His first work was "''Ueber den Puppenzustand eines Distoma''" (On the pupal state of ''Distoma''). He graduated in medicine with an M.D. from Tübingen in 1858, the same year in which he published a handbook ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Choeroichthys Sculptus
''Choeroichthys sculptus'', the sculptured pipefish, is a species of marine fish of the family Syngnathidae. Description ''Choeroichthys sculptus'' is a small secretive species with a short snout, and with body and tail sections which are approximately equal in length. ''C. sculptus'' is dark brown in colour with 2–3 rows of black-margined white spots along its sides with larger white spots along its back and dark spots situated on the lower part of and on either side of the head. The trunk and tail rings show notches between the rings with conspicuous scutella each of which has a projecting ridge or keel. They can grow to lengths of . Distribution ''Choeroichthys sculptus'' is widely distributed in the Indo-Pacific from the South China Sea, southern Japan, the Northern Mariana Islands, to Samoa. In Australia it is known only from northern Western Australia and the Great Barrier Reef The Great Barrier Reef is the world's largest coral reef system, composed of over 2,90 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Eric Dawson
Charles Eric "Chuck" Dawson Jr. (December 6, 1922 – February 11, 1993) was a Canadian-American ecologist, ichthyologist, and taxonomist. He held expertise in gobies, flatfishes, and sand stargazers, and was considered "the ultimate authority" on pipefishes in the family Syngnathidae. Life Dawson was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and graduated from Miami Beach Senior High School in Florida. Dawson served in the Canadian Army during World War II, losing an eye in the Battle of Dieppe, France. He also joined the United States Army in September 1944 as a private, became a naturalized citizen in 1946. He attended University of Miami. He spent much of his career at the University of Southern Mississippi's Gulf Coast Research Laboratory in Ocean Springs, Mississippi, where he worked early as an administrator, then researcher, and museum curator. Over his long career, Dawson wrote 150 publications, the majority of which he was the sole author of. He recognized 52 Syngn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pipefish
Pipefishes or pipe-fishes (Syngnathinae) are a subfamily of small fishes, which, together with the seahorses and seadragons ('' Phycodurus'' and '' Phyllopteryx''), form the family Syngnathidae. Description Pipefish look like straight-bodied seahorses with tiny mouths. The name is derived from the peculiar form of the snout, which is like a long tube, ending in a narrow and small mouth which opens upwards and is toothless. The body and tail are long, thin, and snake-like. They each have a highly modified skeleton formed into armored plating. This dermal skeleton has several longitudinal ridges, so a vertical section through the body looks angular, not round or oval as in the majority of other fishes. A dorsal fin is always present, and is the principal (in some species, the only) organ of locomotion. The ventral fins are consistently absent, and the other fins may or may not be developed. The gill openings are extremely small and placed near the upper posterior angle of the g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Choeroichthys Cinctus
''Choeroichthys cinctus'' (barred shortbody pipefish) is a species of marine fish of the family Syngnathidae. It is found in the Western Pacific Ocean, from Indonesia and the Philippines to Samoa, where it usually inhabits sheltered reef habitats at depths over . It can grow to lengths of . This species is ovoviviparous, with males carrying eggs in a brood pouch until giving birth to live young. Males may brood at . References Further reading Fishes of Australia Choeroichthys, cinctus Marine fish Fish described in 1976 {{Syngnathiformes-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pieter Bleeker
Pieter Bleeker (10 July 1819 – 24 January 1878) was a Dutch medical doctor, Ichthyology, ichthyologist, and Herpetology, herpetologist. He was famous for the ''Atlas Ichthyologique des Indes Orientales Néêrlandaises'', his monumental work on the fishes of East Asia published between 1862 and 1877. Life and work Bleeker was born on 10 July 1819 in Zaandam. He was employed as a medical officer in the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army from 1842 to 1860, (in French). stationed in the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia). During that time, he did most of his ichthyology work, besides his duties in the army. He acquired many of his specimens from local fishermen, but he also built up an extended network of contacts who would send him specimens from various government outposts throughout the islands. During his time in Indonesia, he collected well over 12,000 specimens, many of which currently reside at the Naturalis Biodiversity Center in Leiden. Bleeker corresponded with Auguste Dumà ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
