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Diaphus Apalus
''Diaphus'' is a genus of lanternfishes. It is the most species-rich lanternfish genus. Species There are 79 recognized species: References {{Authority control Myctophidae Extant Eocene first appearances Marine fish genera Taxa named by Carl H. Eigenmann Taxa named by Rosa Smith Eigenmann ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eocene
The Eocene ( ) is a geological epoch (geology), epoch that lasted from about 56 to 33.9 million years ago (Ma). It is the second epoch of the Paleogene Period (geology), Period in the modern Cenozoic Era (geology), Era. The name ''Eocene'' comes from the Ancient Greek (''Ēṓs'', 'Eos, Dawn') and (''kainós'', "new") and refers to the "dawn" of modern ('new') fauna that appeared during the epoch.See: *Letter from William Whewell to Charles Lyell dated 31 January 1831 in: * From p. 55: "The period next antecedent we shall call Eocene, from ήως, aurora, and χαινος, recens, because the extremely small proportion of living species contained in these strata, indicates what may be considered the first commencement, or ''dawn'', of the existing state of the animate creation." The Eocene spans the time from the end of the Paleocene Epoch to the beginning of the Oligocene Epoch. The start of the Eocene is marked by a brief period in which the concentration of the carbon isoto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diaphus Balanovi
''Diaphus'' is a genus of lanternfish Lanternfish (or myctophids, from the Greek language, Greek μυκτήρ ''myktḗr'', "nose" and ''ophis'', "serpent") are small mesopelagic fish of the large family (biology), family Myctophidae. One of two families in the order Myctophiformes, ...es. It is the most species-rich lanternfish genus. Species There are 79 recognized species: References {{Authority control Myctophidae Extant Eocene first appearances Marine fish genera Taxa named by Carl H. Eigenmann Taxa named by Rosa Smith Eigenmann ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diaphus Dahlgreni
''Diaphus dahlgreni'' is a species of lanternfish found in the Philippines and the western-central Pacific Ocean. Etymology The fish is named in honor of zoologist Ulric Dahlgren (1870–1946), of Princeton University Princeton University is a private university, private Ivy League research university in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the List of Colonial ..., because of his work on “luminous animals” References Myctophidae Taxa named by Henry Weed Fowler Fish described in 1934 {{Myctophiformes-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diaphus Confusus
''Diaphus confusus'' is a species of lanternfish Lanternfish (or myctophids, from the Greek language, Greek μυκτήρ ''myktḗr'', "nose" and ''ophis'', "serpent") are small mesopelagic fish of the large family (biology), family Myctophidae. One of two families in the order Myctophiformes, ... found in the south-eastern Pacific Ocean. References Myctophidae Taxa named by Vladimir Eduardovich Becker Fish described in 1992 {{Myctophiformes-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Benjamin Klunzinger
Carl Benjamin Klunzinger (18 November 1834, in Güglingen – 21 June 1914, in Stuttgart) was a German physician and zoologist. He studied medicine at the Universities of University of Tübingen, Tübingen and University of Würzburg, Würzburg, afterwards attending lectures on geology and zoology in Vienna and Prague. In 1862 he traveled to Cairo, where he spent eighteen months learning Arabic. Beginning in February 1864 he worked as a physician at Al-Qusayr, Egypt, Kosseir, a seaport on the Red Sea. Here he spent five years collecting a vast quantity of fish and other marine specimens. From 1869 he examined his Red Sea collection at the ''Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart'', traveling to Frankfurt and Berlin in order to conduct zoological comparison studies. At Stuttgart he also investigated Australian fish species procured by Ferdinand von Mueller (1825-1896), from whose collection Klunzinger described approximately fifty new species from Australia and New Zeal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diaphus Coeruleus
''Diaphus coeruleus'', the blue lantern fish, is a species of lanternfish Lanternfish (or myctophids, from the Greek language, Greek μυκτήρ ''myktḗr'', "nose" and ''ophis'', "serpent") are small mesopelagic fish of the large family (biology), family Myctophidae. One of two families in the order Myctophiformes, ... found in the Indo-West Pacific. Description This species reaches a length of . References Myctophidae Taxa named by Carl Benjamin Klunzinger Fish described in 1871 {{Myctophiformes-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Cramer
Frank Cramer (b. Wausau, Wisconsin November 4, 1861, d. Santa Clara County, California January 30, 1948) was an American writer, biologist and educator. Cramer was born on November 4, 1861, in Wausau, Wisconsin. He attended Lawrence College in Appleton, Wisconsin, from where he graduated in 1886. He was then employed as a teacher in Wisconsin before going on to attend Stanford University in Palo Alto. At Stanford he studied zoology, graduating with a master's degree in 1893. He was influenced by David Starr Jordan to found a College-preparatory school for Stanford University, opening in 1891. The school was called the Palo Alto Preparatory School for Boys for a short period, until in 1893 it was renamed Manzanita Hall. 24 students were enrolled into the school by September 1894. Cramer remained there as head of school between 1893 and 1902 when he sold it to Dixon Lee. He was one of Palo Alto's first residents and was one of Palo Alto's early leaders in local government and educati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diaphus Chrysorhynchus
''Diaphus chrysorhynchus'', the golden-nose lantern fish, is a species of lanternfish Lanternfish (or myctophids, from the Greek language, Greek μυκτήρ ''myktḗr'', "nose" and ''ophis'', "serpent") are small mesopelagic fish of the large family (biology), family Myctophidae. One of two families in the order Myctophiformes, ... found in the Pacific Ocean. Description This species reaches a length of . References Myctophidae Taxa named by Charles Henry Gilbert Taxa named by Frank Cramer Fish described in 1897 {{Myctophiformes-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diaphus Burtoni
''Diaphus'' is a genus of lanternfish Lanternfish (or myctophids, from the Greek language, Greek μυκτήρ ''myktḗr'', "nose" and ''ophis'', "serpent") are small mesopelagic fish of the large family (biology), family Myctophidae. One of two families in the order Myctophiformes, ...es. It is the most species-rich lanternfish genus. Species There are 79 recognized species: References {{Authority control Myctophidae Extant Eocene first appearances Marine fish genera Taxa named by Carl H. Eigenmann Taxa named by Rosa Smith Eigenmann ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diaphus Brachycephalus
''Diaphus brachycephalus'', the short-headed lantern fish, is a species of lanternfish Lanternfish (or myctophids, from the Greek language, Greek μυκτήρ ''myktḗr'', "nose" and ''ophis'', "serpent") are small mesopelagic fish of the large family (biology), family Myctophidae. One of two families in the order Myctophiformes, ... found worldwide. Description This species reaches a length of . References Myctophidae Taxa named by Åge Vedel Tåning Fish described in 1932 {{Myctophiformes-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diaphus Bertelseni
''Diaphus bertelseni'', or Bertelsen's lanternfish, is a species of oceanodromous lanternfish, first described in 1966 by Basil Nafpaktitis. Etymology The species epithet, ''bertelseni'', honours the Danish ichthyologist, Erik Bertelsen. Habitat and distribution ''Diaphus bertelseni'' lives in the Eastern Atlantic, Western Atlantic, Southwest Pacific, and Eastern Pacific at depths up to 300 meters. They are mostly at 200 to 300 meters deep during the day, and 60 to 175 meters deep at night. Description ''Diaphus bertelseni'' grows to a length of 9.1 cm, and can have up to 15 dorsal fins, 15 anal fins, 8 pelvic fins, 18 gill rakers, and 35 lateral lines. Their coloring is dark with paler photophores A photophore is a specialized anatomical structure found in a variety of organisms that emits light through the process of Bioluminescence, boluminescence. This light may be produced endogenously by the organism itself (symbiotic) or generat .... References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
