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Gobiopterus Smithi
''Gobiopterus'' is a genus of gobies native to fresh, marine and brackish waters of the coastal areas around the Indian and Pacific oceans. Species There are currently 10 recognized species in this genus: * '' Gobiopterus birtwistlei'' ( Herre, 1935) * '' Gobiopterus brachypterus'' (Bleeker, 1855) * '' Gobiopterus chuno'' ( F. Hamilton, 1822) * ''Gobiopterus lacustris'' ( Herre, 1927) (Lacustrine goby) * '' Gobiopterus macrolepis'' (T. Y. Cheng, 1965) * '' Gobiopterus mindanensis'' ( Herre, 1944) * '' Gobiopterus panayensis'' ( Herre, 1944) * '' Gobiopterus semivestitus'' ( Munro, 1949) * '' Gobiopterus smithi'' (Menon & Talwar, 1973) * ''Gobiopterus stellatus ''Gobiopterus'' is a genus of gobies native to fresh, marine and brackish waters of the coastal areas around the Indian and Pacific oceans. Species There are currently 10 recognized species in this genus: * '' Gobiopterus birtwistlei'' ( Herre ...'' ( Herre, 1927) (Dwarf freshwater goby) References Gobionellin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pieter Bleeker
Pieter Bleeker (10 July 1819 – 24 January 1878) was a Dutch medical doctor, ichthyologist, and herpetologist. He was famous for the ''Atlas Ichthyologique des Indes Orientales Néêrlandaises'', his monumental work on the fishes of East Asia published between 1862 and 1877. Life and work Bleeker was born on 10 July 1819 in Zaandam. He was employed as a medical officer in the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army from 1842 to 1860, (in French). stationed in the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia). During that time, he did most of his ichthyology work, besides his duties in the army. He acquired many of his specimens from local fishermen, but he also built up an extended network of contacts who would send him specimens from various government outposts throughout the islands. During his time in Indonesia, he collected well over 12,000 specimens, many of which currently reside at the Naturalis Biodiversity Center in Leiden. Bleeker corresponded with Auguste Duméril of Paris. His w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gobiopterus Chuno
''Gobiopterus chuno'', commonly known as the glass goby, is a species of goby found in rivers and estuaries from India to Sumatra and Borneo. It is found in the lower, slow flowing stretches of rivers, backwaters and swamps in both fresh and brackish water where it feeds on zooplankton Zooplankton are the animal component of the planktonic community ("zoo" comes from the Greek word for ''animal''). Plankton are aquatic organisms that are unable to swim effectively against currents, and consequently drift or are carried along by .... This widespread and common species may be a species complex and different populations may prove to be separate species. References Fish of Thailand Gobionellinae Fish described in 1822 {{Gobiiformes-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ambat Gopalan Kutty Menon
In the Melanesian mythology of Malekula Island, Vanuatu, Ambat is a culture hero recorded by A.B. Deacon. In the myth, Temes Malau has an ogress wife Nevinbumbaau and had a son Mansip. Nevinbumbaau trapped Ambat's older brothers one after another in a ditch, where they stayed until Ambat came to free them. The same brothers later tried to kill Ambat because they envied him his beautiful wife Lindanda, who learned of her husband's death when she saw blood on the comb he had left her. She escaped from the brothers, who thought they had won (Bonnefoy 1993:96, 99, 103). See also *Nevinbimbaau Nevinbimbaau (or Nevinbumbaau)According to the Eranos-jahrbuch, p 251, Bevinbumbaau means 'the crab woman' (''ne'' 'the' ''vin'' 'woman', ''bumba-au'' 'crab') is a goddess in the Melanesian mythology of Malekula Island, Vanuatu. Some descriptions ... References *Bonnefoy, Yves, (ed). ''American, African, and Old European Mythologies'' Translated under the direction of Wendy Doniger. Chicago a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gobiopterus Smithi
''Gobiopterus'' is a genus of gobies native to fresh, marine and brackish waters of the coastal areas around the Indian and Pacific oceans. Species There are currently 10 recognized species in this genus: * '' Gobiopterus birtwistlei'' ( Herre, 1935) * '' Gobiopterus brachypterus'' (Bleeker, 1855) * '' Gobiopterus chuno'' ( F. Hamilton, 1822) * ''Gobiopterus lacustris'' ( Herre, 1927) (Lacustrine goby) * '' Gobiopterus macrolepis'' (T. Y. Cheng, 1965) * '' Gobiopterus mindanensis'' ( Herre, 1944) * '' Gobiopterus panayensis'' ( Herre, 1944) * '' Gobiopterus semivestitus'' ( Munro, 1949) * '' Gobiopterus smithi'' (Menon & Talwar, 1973) * ''Gobiopterus stellatus ''Gobiopterus'' is a genus of gobies native to fresh, marine and brackish waters of the coastal areas around the Indian and Pacific oceans. Species There are currently 10 recognized species in this genus: * '' Gobiopterus birtwistlei'' ( Herre ...'' ( Herre, 1927) (Dwarf freshwater goby) References Gobionellin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Buchanan-Hamilton
Francis Buchanan (15 February 1762 – 15 June 1829), later known as Francis Hamilton but often referred to as Francis Buchanan-Hamilton, was a Scottish physician who made significant contributions as a geographer, zoologist, and botanist while living in India. He did not assume the name of Hamilton until three years after his retirement from India. The standard botanical author abbreviation Buch.-Ham. is applied to plants and animals he described, though today the form "Hamilton, 1822" is more usually seen in ichthyology and is preferred by Fishbase. Early life Francis Buchanan was born at Bardowie, Callander, Perthshire where Elizabeth, his mother, lived on the estate of Branziet; his father Thomas, a physician, came in Spittal and claimed the chiefdom of the name of Buchanan and owned the Leny estate. Francis Buchanan matriculated in 1774 and received an MA in 1779. As he had three older brothers, he had to earn a living from a profession, so Buchanan studied medicine at t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gobiopterus Brachypterus
''Gobiopterus'' is a genus of gobies native to fresh, marine and brackish waters of the coastal areas around the Indian and Pacific oceans. Species There are currently 10 recognized species in this genus: * '' Gobiopterus birtwistlei'' ( Herre, 1935) * '' Gobiopterus brachypterus'' (Bleeker, 1855) * '' Gobiopterus chuno'' ( F. Hamilton, 1822) * ''Gobiopterus lacustris'' ( Herre, 1927) (Lacustrine goby) * ''Gobiopterus macrolepis'' (T. Y. Cheng, 1965) * ''Gobiopterus mindanensis'' ( Herre, 1944) * ''Gobiopterus panayensis'' ( Herre, 1944) * ''Gobiopterus semivestitus'' ( Munro, 1949) * ''Gobiopterus smithi'' (Menon & Talwar, 1973) * ''Gobiopterus stellatus ''Gobiopterus'' is a genus of gobies native to fresh, marine and brackish waters of the coastal areas around the Indian and Pacific oceans. Species There are currently 10 recognized species in this genus: * '' Gobiopterus birtwistlei'' ( Herre ...'' ( Herre, 1927) (Dwarf freshwater goby) References Gobionellinae [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
