Cyphocharax Punctatus
''Cyphocharax'' is a genus of fish in the family Curimatidae native to South America. Species There are currently 41 recognized species in this genus: * ''Cyphocharax abramoides'' ( Kner, 1858) * ''Cyphocharax aninha'' Wosiacki & D. P. S. Miranda, 2014 Wosiacki, W.B. & Miranda, D.P.d.S. (2014): Description of a New Small Species of the Genus ''Cyphocharax'' (Characiformes: Curimatidae) from the Lower Amazon Basin. ''Copeia, 2013 (4): 627-633.'' * ''Cyphocharax aspilos'' Vari, 1992 * ''Cyphocharax biocellatus'' Vari, Sidlauskas & Le Bail, 2012 Vari, R.P., Sidlauskas, B.L. & Le Bail, P.-Y. (2012): New species of ''Cyphocharax'' (Ostariophysi: Characiformes: Curimatidae) from Suriname and French Guiana and a discussion of curimatid diversity on the Guiana Shield ''Cybium, 36 (1): 63-69.'' * ''Cyphocharax derhami'' Vari & F. Chang, 2006 * ''Cyphocharax festivus'' Vari, 1992 * ''Cyphocharax gangamon'' Vari, 1992 * ''Cyphocharax gilbert'' ( Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) * ''Cyphocharax gil ...
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Henry Weed Fowler
Henry Weed Fowler (March 23, 1878 – June 21, 1965) was an American zoologist born in Holmesburg, Pennsylvania. He studied at Stanford University under David Starr Jordan. He joined the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia and worked as an assistant from 1903 to 1922, associate curator of vertebrates from 1922 to 1934, curator of fish and reptiles from 1934 to 1940 and curator of fish from 1940 to 1965. He published material on numerous topics including crustaceans, birds, reptiles and amphibians, but his most important work was on fish. In 1927 he co-founded the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists and acted as treasurer until the end of 1927. In 1934 he went to Cuba, alongside Charles Cadwalader (president of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia), at the invitation of Ernest Hemingway to study billfis