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Paracirrhites
''Paracirrhites'' is a genus of marine ray-finned fish, hawkfishes belonging to the Family (biology), family Cirrhitidae. These fishes are found on tropical reefs of the Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean. Taxonomy ''Paracirrhites'' was described in 1874 by the Dutch people, Dutch ichthyologist Pieter Bleeker, Bleeker designated ''Grammistes forsteri'', Species description, described by the German people, German naturalist Johann Gottlob Schneider in 1801, as the type species for his new genus in 1876. This genus appears to be a sister taxon to the genera ''Amblycirrhitus'' and ''Cirrhitus'' within the Cirrhitidae. The genus name is a Compound (linguistics), compound of ''para'' meaning “near" or "similar to" and ''Cirrhites'', an alternative spelling of the type genus of the family Cirrhitidae, ''Cirrhitus''. There are three species of little known, small, largely Sympatry, sympatric and very similar ''Paracirrhites'' hawkfishes from Polynesia, ''P. bicolor'', ''P. nisus'' and ''P. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arc-eye Hawkfish
The arc-eye hawkfish (''Paracirrhites arcatus''), the ringeye hawkfish, horseshoe hawkfish or whiteline hawkfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a hawkfish belonging to the family Cirrhitidae. It is found in shallow waters in the tropical Indo-Pacific on reefs, resting on coral heads much of the time. Taxonomy The arc-eye hawkfish was first formally described in 1829 as ''Cirrhites arcatus'' by the French zoologist Georges Cuvier with the type locality given as Mauritius. The specific name ''arcatus'' means “arched”, an allusion which Cuvier did not explain but it may refer to the horseshoe shaped mark behind the eye. Some authorities treat '' Paracirrhites amblycephalus'' as a valid species but Fishbase treats this taxon as a synonym of ''P. arcatus''. Description The arc-eye hawkfish has a relatively deep body, the standard length being around 2.7 times its length. It has a smooth upper preopercular margin and a slightly rounded to truncate caudal fin. The dors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blackside Hawkfish
The black-side hawkfish (''Paracirrhites forsteri''), freckled hawkfish or Forster's hawkfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a hawkfish belonging to the family Cirrhitidae. It is from the Indo-Pacific. It is occasionally found in the aquarium trade and is also of minor importance to local commercial fisheries. It grows to a total length of . Taxonomy The blackside hawkfish was first formally described in 1801 as ''Grammistes forsteri'' by the French naturalist Johann Gottlob Theaenus Schneider with the type locality given as Vaitahu on Tahuata Island in the Marquesas Islands. The specific name honours the Polish-born German naturalist Johann Reinhold Forster, who was a naturalist aboard James Cook's second voyage on HMS Resolution and who described this species as "''Perca taeniatus''" in an unpublished manuscript. Description The blackside hawkfish reaches to a maximum total length of about . The dorsal fin has ten spines and eleven soft rays, while the anal fin has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paracirrhites Hemistictus
The whitespot hawkfish (''Paracirrhites hemistictus''), the halfspotted hawkfish, multicolored hand-fish and ornate hawkfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a hawkfish belonging to the family Cirrhitidae. It is found in the Indo-Pacific region. Taxonomy The whitespot hawkfish was first formally described in 1874 as ''Cirrhites hemistictus'' by the German born British ichthyologist Albert Günther with the type locality given as the Society Islands. The specific name ''hemistictus'' neams "half spotted" a reference to the small dark spots on the upper body. At the same time as Günther described this species he described ''Cirrhites polystictus'' which has its whole body spotted but this is a colour form of ''C. hemistictus'' making ''C. polystictus'' a synonym of ''C. hemistictus''. Description The whitespot hawkfish has a rather elongated body relative to its congeners, the standard length being 2.8 to 3.2 times the depth. It has a large mouth which extends to below t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cirrhitidae
Cirrhitidae, the hawkfishes, are a family of marine ray-finned fishes found in tropical seas and which are associated with coral reefs. Taxonomy The Cirrhitidae were first recognised as a family by the Scots-born Australian naturalist William Sharp Macleay in 1841. It is one of the five constituent families in the superfamily Cirrhitoidea which is classified in the suborder Percoidei of the order Perciformes. Within the Cirrhitoidea, the Cirrhitidae is probably the most basal family. They have been placed in the order Centrarchiformes by some authorities, as part of the superfamily Cirrhitoidea, however, the fifth edition of ''Fishes of the World'' does not recognise the Centrarchiformes. The name of the family is taken from that of the genus ''Cirrhitus'' which is derived from ''cirrhus'' meaning a "lock of hair" or "a barbel", thought to be a reference to lower, unbranched rays of the pectoral fins which Bernard Germain de Lacépède termed as "''barbillons''", which means ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hawkfish
Cirrhitidae, the hawkfishes, are a Family (biology), family of marine ray-finned fishes found in tropical seas and which are associated with coral reefs. Taxonomy The Cirrhitidae were first recognised as a family by the Scotland, Scots-born Australians, Australian naturalist William Sharp Macleay in 1841. It is one of the five constituent families in the Superfamily (biology), superfamily Cirrhitoidea which is classified in the suborder Percoidei of the Order (biology), order Perciformes. Within the Cirrhitoidea, the Cirrhitidae is probably the most Basal (phylogenetics), basal family. They have been placed in the order Centrarchiformes by some authorities, as part of the superfamily Cirrhitoidea, however, the fifth edition of ''Fishes of the World'' does not recognise the Centrarchiformes. The name of the family is taken from that of the genus ''Cirrhitus'' which is derived from ''cirrhus'' meaning a "lock of hair" or "a barbel", thought to be a reference to lower, unbranched ray ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Family (biology)
Family (, : ) is one of the eight major hierarchical taxonomic ranks in Linnaean taxonomy. It is classified between order and genus. A family may be divided into subfamilies, which are intermediate ranks between the ranks of family and genus. The official family names are Latin in origin; however, popular names are often used: for example, walnut trees and hickory trees belong to the family Juglandaceae, but that family is commonly referred to as the "walnut family". The delineation of what constitutes a family—or whether a described family should be acknowledged—is established and decided upon by active taxonomists. There are not strict regulations for outlining or acknowledging a family, yet in the realm of plants, these classifications often rely on both the vegetative and reproductive characteristics of plant species. Taxonomists frequently hold varying perspectives on these descriptions, leading to a lack of widespread consensus within the scientific community ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Ernest Randall
John Ernest "Jack" Randall (May 22, 1924 – April 26, 2020) was an American ichthyologist and a leading authority on coral reef fishes. Randall described over 800 species and authored 11 books and over 900 scientific papers and popular articles. He spent most of his career working in Hawaii. He died in April 2020 at the age of 95. Career John Ernest Randall was born in Los Angeles, California in May 1924, to John and Mildred (McKibben) Randall. In high school he acquired a love of marine fish after a visit to the tide pools of Palos Verdes and, after serving stateside in the Medical Corps of the U.S. Army during the post-D-Day years of WWII,John Randall bio, The Academy of Underwater Arts & Sciences. (http://www.auas-nogi.org/bio_randall_john.html ) received his BA degree from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1950. In 1955 he earned his Ph.D in ichthyology from the University of Hawaii. After spending two years as a research associate at the Bishop Museum in Honol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In binomial nomenclature, the genus name forms the first part of the binomial species name for each species within the genus. :E.g. ''Panthera leo'' (lion) and ''Panthera onca'' (jaguar) are two species within the genus ''Panthera''. ''Panthera'' is a genus within the family Felidae. The composition of a genus is determined by taxonomy (biology), taxonomists. The standards for genus classification are not strictly codified, so different authorities often produce different classifications for genera. There are some general practices used, however, including the idea that a newly defined genus should fulfill these three criteria to be descriptively useful: # monophyly – all descendants of an ancestral taxon are grouped together (i.e. Phylogeneti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georges Cuvier
Jean Léopold Nicolas Frédéric, baron Cuvier (23 August 1769 – 13 May 1832), known as Georges Cuvier (; ), was a French natural history, naturalist and zoology, zoologist, sometimes referred to as the "founding father of paleontology". Cuvier was a major figure in natural sciences research in the early 19th century and was instrumental in establishing the fields of comparative anatomy and paleontology through his work in comparing living animals with fossils. Cuvier's work is considered the foundation of vertebrate paleontology, and he expanded Linnaean taxonomy by grouping classes into phylum, phyla and incorporating both fossils and living species into the classification. Cuvier is also known for establishing extinction as a fact—at the time, extinction was considered by many of Cuvier's contemporaries to be merely controversial speculation. In his ''Essay on the Theory of the Earth'' (1813) Cuvier proposed that now-extinct species had been wiped out by periodic catastr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
