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Leiognathidae
Leiognathidae, the ponyfishes, slipmouths or slimys / slimies, are a small family of fishes in the order Perciformes. They inhabit marine and brackish waters in the Indian and West Pacific Oceans. They can be used in the preparation of ''bagoong''. Characteristics Ponyfishes are small and laterally compressed in shape, with a bland, silvery colouration. They are distinguished by highly extensible mouths, and the presence of a mechanism for locking the spines in the dorsal and anal fins. They also possess a highly integrated light organ in their throats that houses symbiotic bioluminescent bacteria that project light through the animal's underside. Typically, the harbored bacterium is only ''Photobacterium leiognathi'', but in the two ponyfish species ''Photopectoralis panayensis'' and ''Photopectoralis bindus'', ''Photobacterium mandapamensis'' is also present. Two of the most widely studied uses for luminescence in ponyfish are camouflage by ventral counterillumination and specie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gazza (fish)
''Gazza'' is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes, ponyfishes from the Family (biology), family Leiognathidae which are native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. Species There are currently five recognized species in this genus: * ''Gazza achlamys'' David Starr Jordan, D. S. Jordan & Edwin Chapin Starks, Starks, 1917 (Smalltoothed ponyfish) * ''Gazza dentex'' (Achille Valenciennes, Valenciennes in Georges Cuvier, Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1835) (Ovoid toothpony) * ''Gazza minuta'' (Marcus Elieser Bloch, Bloch, 1795) (Toothpony) * ''Gazza rhombea'' Seishi Kimura, Kimura, Tsuyoshi Yamashita, Yamashita & Yukio Iwatsuki, Iwatsuki, 2000 (Rhomboid toothpony) * ''Gazza squamiventralis'' Tsuyoshi Yamashita, Yamashita & Seishi Kimura, Kimura, 2001 (Scaled belly toothpony) References Leiognathidae Taxa named by Eduard Rüppell Bioluminescent fish {{Perciformes-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leiognathus
''Leiognathus'' is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes, ponyfishes from the family Leiognathidae. They are native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. They are sometimes known as silverbellies. Species There are currently 7 recognized species in this genus: * '' Leiognathus berbis'' (Valenciennes, 1835) (Berber ponyfish) * '' Leiognathus brevirostris'' (Valenciennes, 1835) (Shortnose ponyfish) * '' Leiognathus equulus'' ( Forsskål, 1775) (Common ponyfish) * '' Leiognathus longispinis'' (Valenciennes, 1835) (Longspine ponyfish) * '' Leiognathus parviceps'' (Valenciennes, 1835) * '' Leiognathus robustus'' Sparks & Dunlap, 2004 * '' Leiognathus striatus'' P. S. B. R. James P. is an abbreviation or acronym that may refer to: * Page (paper), where the abbreviation comes from Latin ''pagina'' * Paris Herbarium, at the ''Muséum national d'histoire naturelle'' * ''Pani'' (Polish), translating as Mrs. * The ''Pacific Rep ... & Badrudeen, 1991 References Leiog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Equulites
''Equulites'' is a genus of ponyfishes native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. Analysis of mitochondrial DNA published in 2017 has suggested that ''Equulites elongates'' is in fact a species group made up of three species ''Equulites aethopos'', ''Equulites elongates'' and ''Equulites popei''. Species There are currently 10 recognized species in this genus: * ''Equulites absconditus'' Chakrabarty & Sparks, 2010 * ''Equulites aethopos'' Suzuki & Kimura, 2017 (Red Sea elongated ponyfish) * ''Equulites elongatus'' ( Günther, 1874) (Slender ponyfish) * ''Equulites klunzingeri'' (Steindachner, 1898) * ''Equulites laterofenestra'' (Sparks & Chakrabarty, 2007) * ''Equulites leuciscus'' ( Günther, 1860) (Whipfin ponyfish) * ''Equulites lineolatus'' (Valenciennes, 1835) (Ornate ponyfish) * ''Equulites oblongus'' (Valenciennes, 1835) (Oblong ponyfish) * ''Equulites popei'' ( Whitley, 1932) (Pope's ponyfish) * ''Equulites rivulatus'' (Temminck & Schlegel Schlegel is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eubleekeria
''Eubleekeria'' is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes, ponyfishes from the family Leiognathidae which are native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. Species There are currently four recognized species in this genus: * ''Eubleekeria jonesi'' (P. S. B. R. James, 1971) (Jones’ ponyfish) * ''Eubleekeria kupanensis'' (Seishi Kimura & Peristiwady, 2005) (Kupang ponyfish) * ''Eubleekeria rapsoni'' (Munro, 1964) (Rapson's ponyfish) * ''Eubleekeria splendens'' ( Cuvier, 1829) (Splendid ponyfish) Etymology The name of the genus ''Eubleekeria'' consists of the prefix ''eu'' which means “good” and the suffix ''ia'' meaning “of” or “belonging to“ the Dutch physician and ichthyologist 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 ... (1819-1878). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aurigequula
The striped ponyfish (''Aurigequula fasciata'') is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a ponyfish from the family Leiognathidae. It is native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean, from the Red Sea and the eastern coast of Africa to Fiji and Samoa, where it occurs in coastal marine and brackish waters. It occurs at depths of from . It is a predator upon smaller fishes, small crustaceans and polychaete worms. This species grows to a length of TL though most do not exceed TL. It is of minor importance to local commercial fisheries. This species is the only known member of its genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n .... References Leiognathidae Monotypic fish genera Bioluminescent fish {{Perciformes-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perciformes
Perciformes (), also called the Percomorpha or Acanthopteri, is an order or superorder of ray-finned fish. If considered a single order, they are the most numerous order of vertebrates, containing about 41% of all bony fish. Perciformes means "perch-like". Perciformes is an Order within the Clade Percomorpha consisting of "perch-like" Percomorphans. This group comprises over 10,000 species found in almost all aquatic ecosystems. The order contains about 160 families, which is the most of any order within the vertebrates. It is also the most variably sized order of vertebrates, ranging from the '' Schindleria brevipinguis'' to the marlin in the genus '' Makaira''. They first appeared and diversified in the Late Cretaceous. Among the well-known members of this group are perch and darters ( Percidae), sea bass and groupers (Serranidae). Characteristics The dorsal and anal fins are divided into anterior spiny and posterior soft-rayed portions, which may be partially or co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Percoidei
Percoidei is one of 3 suborders of bony fishes in the order Perciformes. Many commercially harvested fish species are considered to be contained in this suborder, including the snappers, groupers, basses, goatfishes and perches. Divisions The Percoidei are further divided into three superfamilies which contain over 50 families and hundreds of genera. * Suborder Percoidei ** Percoidea *** Centropomidae (Snooks) *** Latidae (Lates) *** Gerreidae (Mojarras) *** Centrogenyidae (False scorpionfishes) *** Perciliidae (Southern basses) *** Howellidae (Oceanic basslets) *** Acropomatidae (Lanternbellies) *** Epigonidae (Deepwater cardinalfishes *** Polyprionidae (Wreckfishes) *** Lateolabracidae (Asian seaperches) *** Mullidae (Goatfishes) *** Glaucosomatidae (Pearl perches) *** Pempheridae (Sweepers) *** Oplegnathidae (Knifejaws) *** Kuhliidae (Flagtails) *** Leptobramidae (Beachsalmon) *** Bathyclupeidae (Bathyclupeids) *** Polynemidae (Threadfins) ** ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oligocene
The Oligocene ( ) is a geologic epoch of the Paleogene Period and extends from about 33.9 million to 23 million years before the present ( to ). As with other older geologic periods, the rock beds that define the epoch are well identified but the exact dates of the start and end of the epoch are slightly uncertain. The name Oligocene was coined in 1854 by the German paleontologist Heinrich Ernst Beyrich from his studies of marine beds in Belgium and Germany. The name comes from the Ancient Greek (''olígos'', "few") and (''kainós'', "new"), and refers to the sparsity of extant forms of molluscs. The Oligocene is preceded by the Eocene Epoch and is followed by the Miocene The Miocene ( ) is the first geological epoch of the Neogene Period and extends from about (Ma). The Miocene was named by Scottish geologist Charles Lyell; the name comes from the Greek words (', "less") and (', "new") and means "less recent" ... Epoch. The Oligocene is the third and final epoch of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Weed Fowler
Henry Weed Fowler (March 23, 1878 – June 21, 1965) was an American zoologist born in Holmesburg, Pennsylvania. He studied at Stanford University under David Starr Jordan. He joined the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia and worked as an assistant from 1903 to 1922, associate curator of vertebrates from 1922 to 1934, curator of fish and reptiles from 1934 to 1940 and curator of fish from 1940 to 1965. He published material on numerous topics including crustaceans, birds, reptiles and amphibians, but his most important work was on fish. In 1927 he co-founded the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists and acted as treasurer until the end of 1927. In 1934 he went to Cuba, alongside Charles Cadwalader (president of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia), at the invitation of Ernest Hemingway to study billfishes, he stayed with Hemingway for six weeks and the three men developed a friendship which continued after this trip and Hemingway sent spe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quaternary
The Quaternary ( ) is the current and most recent of the three period (geology), periods of the Cenozoic era (geology), Era in the geologic time scale of the International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS). It follows the Neogene Period and spans from 2.58 million years ago to the present. The Quaternary Period is divided into two epochs: the Pleistocene (2.58 million years ago to 11.7 thousand years ago) and the Holocene (11.7 thousand years ago to today, although a third epoch, the Anthropocene, has been proposed but is not yet officially recognised by the ICS). The Quaternary Period is typically defined by the cyclic growth and decay of continental ice sheets related to the Milankovitch cycles and the associated climate and environmental changes that they caused. Research history In 1759 Giovanni Arduino (geologist), Giovanni Arduino proposed that the geological strata of northern Italy could be divided into four successive formations or "orders" ( it, quattro ord ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neogene
The Neogene ( ), informally Upper Tertiary or Late Tertiary, is a geologic period and system that spans 20.45 million years from the end of the Paleogene Period million years ago (Mya) to the beginning of the present Quaternary Period Mya. The Neogene is sub-divided into two epochs, the earlier Miocene and the later Pliocene. Some geologists assert that the Neogene cannot be clearly delineated from the modern geological period, the Quaternary. The term "Neogene" was coined in 1853 by the Austrian palaeontologist Moritz Hörnes (1815–1868). During this period, mammals and birds continued to evolve into modern forms, while other groups of life remained relatively unchanged. The first humans ('' Homo habilis'') appeared in Africa near the end of the period. Some continental movements took place, the most significant event being the connection of North and South America at the Isthmus of Panama, late in the Pliocene. This cut off the warm ocean currents from the Pacific t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paleogene
The Paleogene ( ; also spelled Palaeogene or Palæogene; informally Lower Tertiary or Early Tertiary) is a geologic period and system that spans 43 million years from the end of the Cretaceous Period million years ago (Mya) to the beginning of the Neogene Period Mya. It is the beginning of the Cenozoic Era of the present Phanerozoic Eon. The earlier term Tertiary Period was used to define the span of time now covered by the Paleogene Period and subsequent Neogene Period; despite no longer being recognised as a formal stratigraphic term, 'Tertiary' is still widely found in earth science literature and remains in informal use. Paleogene is often abbreviated "Pg" (but the United States Geological Survey uses the abbreviation PE for the Paleogene on the Survey's geologic maps). During the Paleogene, mammals diversified from relatively small, simple forms into a large group of diverse animals in the wake of the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event that ended the preceding C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
