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Graus (fish)
''Graus nigra'' is a species of ray-finned fish endemic to the Pacific coast of South America, ranging from Valdivia in Chile to southern Peru. This species grows to a total length of and is popular as a game fish. This species is the only known member of its genus, and is known locally as ''vieja negra'' (meaning “old black” in Spanish). Ecology ''Graus nigra'' is found in Chile and Peru, often in forests of giant kelp. Associated with it in this habitat are the Chilean abalone (''Concholepas concholepas''), keyhole limpets (''Fissurella'' spp.), the Chilean sea urchin '' Loxechinus albus'', and the labrid fish Galápagos sheephead (''Semicossyphus darwini''). Other carnivorous fish in the kelp forest include the Peruvian morwong (''Cheilodactylus variegatus''), the Chilean sandperch (''Pinguipes chilensis'') and the Cape redfish (''Sebastes capensis''); also present in this habitat is the herbivorous ''Aplodactylus punctatus''. These fish are present in the dense low ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rodolfo Amando Philippi
Rodolfo Amando (or Rudolph Amandus) Philippi (14 September 1808 – 23 July 1904) was a German–Chilean paleontologist and zoologist. Philippi contributed primarily to malacology and paleontology, but also published a major work on Diptera of Chile. His grandson, Rodulfo Amando Philippi Bañados (1905-1969), was also a zoologist and in order to avoid confusion in zoological nomenclature, the elder is referred to as "Philippi rumwiede to distinguish him from his grandson "Philippi añados. Early life Philippi was born in Charlottenburg, Berlin to Johann Wilhelm Eberhard Philippi, a Prussian government auditor, and his third wife Maria Anna Krumwiede (m. 1806). The father had five children from two earlier marriages and Philippi was the eldest from the third marriage. In 1818, Philippi, his younger brother Bernhard Eunom (1811–1852) and their mother went to Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland, where they were educated at the Pestalozzian Institute founded by Johann Heinrich P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loxechinus Albus
''Loxechinus albus'' is an echinoderm of the family Parechinidae, native to coastal southern South America, ranging from Ecuador, along the entire coasts of Peru and Chile, to Argentina, as well as the Falkland Islands. It is the only species in the genus ''Loxechinus''. It is known as the Chilean sea urchin or red sea urchin, but the latter name is typically used for the North Pacific ''Mesocentrotus franciscanus'' and it is not the only species of sea urchin in Chile (although it is the most common and widespread large sea urchins in that country). ''L. albus'' is found on rocky reefs and shores in the intertidal and subtidal zones to a depth of .Carolina J. Zagal and Consuelo Hermosilla C. (2007). ''Guía de Invertebrados marinos del sur de Chile''. Editorial Fantástico Sur, Punta Arenas, Chile Description ''Loxechinus albus'' is a fast-growing, relatively large sea urchin with a test diameter of up to , although the far southernmost populations tend to grow slower and reach ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fish Of Peru
A fish (: fish or fishes) is an aquatic, anamniotic, gill-bearing vertebrate animal with swimming fins and a hard skull, but lacking limbs with digits. Fish can be grouped into the more basal jawless fish and the more common jawed fish, the latter including all living cartilaginous and bony fish, as well as the extinct placoderms and acanthodians. In a break to the long tradition of grouping all fish into a single class (Pisces), modern phylogenetics views fish as a paraphyletic group. Most fish are cold-blooded, their body temperature varying with the surrounding water, though some large active swimmers like white shark and tuna can hold a higher core temperature. Many fish can communicate acoustically with each other, such as during courtship displays. The study of fish is known as ichthyology. The earliest fish appeared during the Cambrian as small filter feeders; they continued to evolve through the Paleozoic, diversifying into many forms. The earliest fish wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western South American Coastal Fauna
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Girellidae
Girellidae is a family of ray-finned fish in the order Centrarchiformes. They may be referred to as nibblers.Johnson, G. D. and R. A. Fritzsche. 1989. Graus nigra, an omnivorous girellid, with a comparative osteology and comments on relationships of the Girellidae. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 141: 1-27. Species The species in two genera are: * Genus '' Girella'' ** '' Girella albostriata'' (Steindachner, 1898) ** '' Girella cyanea'' (Macleay, 1881) - New Zealand bluefish, blue drummer ** '' Girella elevata'' (Macleay, 1881) - black drummer ** '' Girella feliciana'' (Clark, 1938) ** ''Girella fimbriata'' (McCulloch, 1920) - caramel drummer ** '' Girella freminvillii'' (Valenciennes, 1846) ** '' Girella laevifrons'' (Tschudi, 1846) ** '' Girella leonina'' ( Richardson, 1846) ** '' Girella mezina'' (Jordan & Starks, 1907) ** '' Girella nebulosa'' (Kendall & Radcliffe, 1912) - Rapa Nui nibbler ** '' Girella nigricans'' ( Ayres, 1860) - opaley ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Medialuna Ancietae
''Medialuna ancietae'' is a species of sea chub native to the Pacific coast of South America where it inhabits the giant kelp forests. It is known locally as ''acha'', ''mero del sur'' or ''chino''. Description Sea chubs are medium-sized fish with small heads, blunt snouts and laterally compressed bodies. The small mouth contains a row of short teeth with hockey-stick shaped tips. The dorsal fin is continuous and has 11 to 14 spines, which can be folded down into a groove, and 11 to 13 soft rays. The anal fin has three spines and 11 to 13 soft rays. The body is clad in small scales which are thick and feel rough. The colour is mainly drab, the belly being paler than the upper parts. ''M. ancietae'' can grow to a maximum weight of . Distribution and habitat ''M. ancietae'' is native to the subtropical southeastern Pacific Ocean where it is found on the coasts of Peru and Chile. Its habitat is the forests of giant kelp that line the rocky shore subtidally. The dominant species of k ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benthos
Benthos (), also known as benthon, is the community of organisms that live on, in, or near the bottom of a sea, river, lake, or stream, also known as the benthic zone.Benthos from the Census of Antarctic Marine Life website This community lives in or near marine or freshwater sedimentary environments, from tidal pools along the , out to the continental shelf, and then down to the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aplodactylus Punctatus
''Aplodactylus punctatus'', the Zamba marblefish, is a species of marine ray finned fish, one of the marblefishes belonging to the Family (biology), family Aplodactylidae. It is found in the eastern Pacific Ocean of the west coast of South America. Taxonomy ''Aplodactylus punctatus'' was first formally Species description, described in 1832 by the French people, French zoologist Achille Valenciennes with the Type locality (biology), type locality given as Valparaiso in Chile. As it was the only species in the new genus ''Aplodactylus'' at the time of its description, it is the type species of that genus. The Specific name (zoology), specific name ''punctatus'' means "spotted". Description ''Aplodactylus punctatus'' has an Elongate body, elongate oblong and compressed body. The small mouth is located ventrally to the snout. The upper lips are fleshy, The teeth in the jaws are made up of three rows of tricuspid incisor like teeth with the outer row being larger than the others. Ther ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sebastes Capensis
''Sebastes capensis'', the false jacopever or Cape redfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the subfamily Sebastinae, the rockfishes, part of the family Scorpaenidae. It is found in the South Atlantic Ocean and may also occur off southern and western South America. Taxonomy and etymology ''Sebastes capensis'' was originally described by the German naturalist Johann Friedrich Gmelin in 1789 as ''Scorpaena capensis'' with the type locality given as the Cape of Good Hope. Some authorities place this species in the subgenus ''Sebastomus''. It has recently been demonstrated that the specimens from Peru and Chile are actually attributable to the closely related '' S. oculatus'' and these two similar species are sympatric in the southwestern Atlantic off Argentina. The specific name ''capensis'' refers to the type locality, the Cape of Good Hope. The common name false jacopever derives from a name given to some groupers, originally in the Dutch East Indies and then ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pinguipes Chilensis
''Pinguipes chilensis'', commonly known as the Chilean sandperch, is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Pinguipedidae. It is found in the southeastern Pacific Ocean off the coasts of Peru and Chile. Description ''P. chilensis'' can grow to a maximum length of . The dorsal fin has six spines and twenty-eight soft rays, and the anal fin has a single spine and twenty-five soft rays. A specimen caught by Charles Darwin during the ''Beagle'' voyage was described as being more elongated than '' Pinguipes brasilianus'', being about six and a half times as long as the body is deep and as having two longitudinal rows of ill-defined spots on the flanks and a larger, dark-coloured, round spot at the base of the caudal fin. Distribution and habitat ''P. chilensis'' is found in the southeastern Pacific Ocean. Its range extends from Tumbes in northern Peru, southwards to the Magallanes Region of southern Chile. It is found on muddy bottoms as well as on rocks and sand, to depths of . ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheilodactylus Variegatus
''Chirodactylus variegatus'', the Peruvian morwong or bilagai, is a species of marine ray-finned fish traditionally regarded as belonging to the family Cheilodactylidae, the members of which are commonly known as morwongs. It is found in the southeastern Pacific Ocean off the western coast of South America. Taxonomy ''Chirodactylus variegatus'' was first formally described in 1833 as ''Cheilodactylus variegatus'' by the French zoologist Achille Valenciennes with the type locality given as Valparaíso in Chile. When the American ichthyologist Theodore Nicholas Gill initially described the genus '' Chirodactylus'' in 1962 he included ''Cheilodactylus antonii'' as its type species, this was later shown to be a synonym for ''C. variegatus''. Genetic and morphological analyses strongly support the validity of ''Chirodactylus'' as a genus and that the genus should be placed in the family Latridae. The 5th edition of Fishes of the World, however, retains the genus within the family ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
