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Etelinae
Etelinae is a subfamily In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: ', plural ') is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus. Standard nomenclature rules end botanical subfamily names with "-oideae", and zo ... of marine ray-finned fishes, one of four subfamilies classified within the family Lutjanidae, the snappers. Genera The subfamily Etelinae contains 5 genera and 24 species: * '' Aphareus'' Cuvier, 1870 * '' Aprion'' Valenciennes, 1830 * '' Etelis'' Cuvier, 1828 * '' Pristipomoides'' Bleeker, 2020 * '' Randallichthys'' Anderson, Kami & Johnson, 1977 References Ray-finned fish subfamilies {{Lutjanidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aphareus (fish)
''Aphareus'' is a genus of marine ray-finned fish, snappers belonging to the family Lutjanidae. They are native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans from the African coast to the Hawaiian Islands. Taxonomy The currently recognized species in this genus are: * '' Aphareus furca'' ( Lacépède, 1801) (small-toothed jobfish) * '' Aphareus rutilans'' G. Cuvier, 1830 (rusty jobfish) ''Aphareus'' is placed in the subfamily Etelinae. The genus was created by the French naturalist Georges Cuvier and he took the name ''Aphareus'' which he stated (in French) was from an “unintelligible and probably corrupt passage from Aristotle, where it seems to designate a fin specific to the female of the tuna” , the name is also similar to the name given to these fishes in the Arabic, ''farès'', although this could be coincidental. In 1913 David Starr Jordan, John Otterbein Snyder and Shigeho Tanaka designated ''Aphareus caerulescens'' as the type species of the genus, this is a synonym of ''A. f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lutjanidae
Lutjanidae or snappers are a family of perciform fishes, mainly marine but with some members inhabiting estuaries and, in some cases, fresh water (e.g., '' Lutjanus goldiei''). The family includes about 113 species. Most species are used for food and many are of high economic importance. Many species around the world are known in local languages as red snapper, including species from different genera (including Lutjanus and Pristipomoides) Snappers inhabit tropical, subtropical, and warm-temperate regions of all oceans. Some snappers grow up to about in length, and one species, the cubera snapper, grows up to in length. Most are active carnivores, feeding on crustaceans or other fishes, though a few are plankton-feeders. They can be kept in aquaria, but commonly grow too fast to be popular aquarium fish. Most species live at depths reaching near coral reefs, but some species are found up to deep. As with other fishes, some snapper species host parasites. A detailed st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Etelis
''Etelis'' is a genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Lutjanidae, the snappers. They are mostly native to the Indian and Pacific oceans with one species ''(E. oculatus)'' native to the western Atlantic Ocean. Taxonomy ''Etelis'' was named by the French zoologist Georges Cuvier in 1830 with ''Etelis carbunculus'' as its only species and, therefore, its type species. The name of the genus was taken from Aristotle by Cuvier, who said that Aristotle had used it for a fish he did not give a description for. The currently recognized species in this genus are: * '' Etelis boweni'' Andrews, Fernandez-Silva, Randall & H.-C. Ho, 2021 (Bowen’s snapper) * '' Etelis carbunculus'' G. Cuvier, 1828 (deep-water red snapper) * '' Etelis coruscans'' Valenciennes, 1862 (deepwater longtail red snapper) * '' Etelis oculatus'' (Valenciennes, 1828) (queen snapper) * '' Etelis radiosus'' W. D. Anderson, 1981 (pale snapper) Characteristics ''Etelis'' snappers are medium siz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pristipomoides
''Pristipomoides'' is a genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the Family (biology), family Lutjanidae, the snappers. They are found in the Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific oceans. Taxonomy ''Pristipomoides'' was created by the Dutch people, Dutch ichthyologist, herpetologist and physician Pieter Bleeker in 1852 as a monotypic genus with ''Pristipomoides typus'' as its only species, this species therefore being the type species of the genus. The generic name is a compound of ''Pristipoma'' with the suffix ''oides'' which means "like". At the time Bleeker coined the name he though ''P. typus'' was more closely related to and in the same family as the genus ''Pristipoma'', this taxon is now regarded as a synonym of the grunt genus ''Pomadasys'' in the family Haemulidae. There are two subgenera which are recognised by some authorities and 11 currently recognised species in this genus are: * Subgenus ''Pristipomoides'' Pieter Bleeker, Bleeker, 1852 ** ''Pristipomoid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Randallichthys
Randall's snapper (''Randallichthys filamentosus'') is a species of ray-finned fish, a snapper belonging to the family Lutjanidae. It is native to the Indo-Pacific region. Taxonomy Randall’s snapper was first formally described in 1970 as ''Etelis filamenosus'' by the French ichthyologist Pierre Fourmanoir with the type locality given as New Caledonia. In 1977 William D. Anderson Jr, Harry T. Kami and G. David Johnson placed ''E. filamentosus'' into the monotypic genus ''Randallichthys''. The specific name means “filamentous” which Fourmanoir gave it because the holotype had several caudal fin rays which extended into filaments, although this is not a feature seen in other specimens. Etymology The name of the genus honours the American ichthyologist John Ernest Randall who worked at the Bishop Museum, Honolulu, and who made a significant contribution to the study of Indo-Pacific fishes. Description Randall's snapper has a relatively elongate body with a short snout ... [...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] |
Subfamily
In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: ', plural ') is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus. Standard nomenclature rules end botanical subfamily names with "-oideae", and zoological subfamily names with "-inae". Detarioideae is an example of a botanical subfamily. Detarioideae is a subdivision of the family Fabaceae (legumes), containing 84 genera. Stevardiinae is an example of a zoological subfamily. Stevardiinae is a large subdivision of the family Characidae, a diverse clade In biology, a clade (), also known as a Monophyly, monophyletic group or natural group, is a group of organisms that is composed of a common ancestor and all of its descendants. Clades are the fundamental unit of cladistics, a modern approach t ... of freshwater fish. See also * International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants * International Code of Zoological Nomenclature * Rank (botany) * Rank (zoolo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ray-finned Fishes
Actinopterygii (; ), members of which are known as ray-finned fish or actinopterygians, is a class (biology), class of Osteichthyes, bony fish that comprise over 50% of living vertebrate species. They are so called because of their lightly built fish fin, fins made of webbings of skin supported by radially extended thin bony spine (zoology), spines called ''lepidotrichia'', as opposed to the bulkier, fleshy lobed fins of the sister taxon, sister clade Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fish). Resembling folding fans, the actinopterygian fins can easily change shape and wetted area, providing superior thrust-to-weight ratios per movement compared to sarcopterygian and chondrichthyian fins. The fin rays attach directly to the proximal or basal skeletal elements, the radials, which represent the articulation (anatomy), articulation between these fins and the internal skeleton (e.g., pelvic and pectoral girdles). The vast majority of actinopterygians are teleosts. By species count, they domi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
