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Engyprosopon Longipterum
''Engyprosopon'' is a genus of small lefteye flounders. They are found in the Indo-Pacific, ranging from shallow coastal waters to depths in excess of . Species There are currently 34 recognized species in this genus: * ''Engyprosopon annulatus'' (Max Carl Wilhelm Weber, M. C. W. Weber, 1913) * ''Engyprosopon arenicola'' David Starr Jordan, D. S. Jordan & Barton Warren Evermann, Evermann, 1903 (Fringelip dwarf flounder) * ''Engyprosopon bellonaense'' Kunio Amaoka, Amaoka, Eiji Mihara, Mihara & Jacques Rivaton, Rivaton, 1993 (Bellona flounder) * ''Engyprosopon bleekeri'' (William John Macleay, W. J. Macleay, 1881) (Bleeker's flounder) * ''Engyprosopon brevifrontale'' Kunio Amaoka, Amaoka & Ho, 2018 * ''Engyprosopon filipennis'' Wu Hsien-Wen, H. W. Wu & S. F. Tang, 1935 * ''Engyprosopon grandisquama'' (Coenraad Jacob Temminck, Temminck & Hermann Schlegel, Schlegel, 1846) (Largescale flounder) * ''Engyprosopon hawaiiense'' David Starr Jordan, D. S. Jordan & Barton Warren Evermann, Ev ... [...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] |