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Leucoraja Compagnoi
''Leucoraja'' is a genus of Rajidae, hardnose skates in the family Rajidae, commonly known as the rough skates. They occur mostly on continental shelves and continental slope, slopes in the north-western and eastern Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea, the south-western Indian Ocean, and Australia. Species There are currently 16 species in this genus: * ''Leucoraja caribbaea'' (John D. McEachran, McEachran, 1977) (Maya skate) * ''Leucoraja circularis'' (Jonathan Couch, Couch, 1838) (sandy ray) * ''Leucoraja compagnoi'' (Matthias Stehmann, Stehmann, 1995) (tigertail skate) * ''Leucoraja erinacea'' (Samuel L. Mitchill, Mitchill, 1825) (little skate) * ''Leucoraja fullonica'' (Carl Linnaeus, Linnaeus, 10th edition of Systema Naturae, 1758) (shagreen skate) * ''Leucoraja garmani'' (Gilbert Percy Whitley, Whitley, 1939) (rosette skate) * ''Leucoraja lentiginosa'' (Henry Bryant Bigelow, Bigelow & William Charles Schroeder, Schroeder, 1951) (freckled skate) * ''Leucoraja leucosticta'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leucoraja Erinacea
''Leucoraja'' is a genus of hardnose skates in the family Rajidae, commonly known as the rough skates. They occur mostly on continental shelves and slopes in the north-western and eastern Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea, the south-western Indian Ocean, and Australia. Species There are currently 16 species in this genus: * '' Leucoraja caribbaea'' ( McEachran, 1977) (Maya skate) * '' Leucoraja circularis'' (Couch, 1838) (sandy ray) * '' Leucoraja compagnoi'' ( Stehmann, 1995) (tigertail skate) * '' Leucoraja erinacea'' ( Mitchill, 1825) (little skate) * '' Leucoraja fullonica'' (Linnaeus, 1758) (shagreen skate) * '' Leucoraja garmani'' ( Whitley, 1939) (rosette skate) * '' Leucoraja lentiginosa'' ( Bigelow & Schroeder, 1951) (freckled skate) * '' Leucoraja leucosticta'' (Stehmann, 1971) (whitedappled skate) * '' Leucoraja longirostris'' Weigmann, Stehmann, Séret & Ishihara, 2024 (brown longnose skate) * '' Leucoraja melitensis'' ( R. S. Clark, 1926) (Maltese skate) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leucoraja Fullonica
The shagreen ray (''Leucoraja fullonica''), also known as shagreen skate or fuller's ray, is a species of skate in the family Rajidae. This ray is found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean, from Murmansk, Russia through Norway, southern Iceland, the Faroe Islands, the Celtic Sea, the northern North Sea and Skagerrak, to western Morocco and the Madeira archipelago, but not in the shallow waters off England and Wales. It is also recorded sporadically in the Mediterranean Sea.Guide of Mediterranean Skates and Rays (''Leucoraja fullonica''). Oct. 2022. Mendez L., Bacquet A. and F. Briand. http://www.ciesm.org/Guide/skatesandrays/leucoraja-fullonica Shagreen is a form of roughened untanned leather, typically dyed green and commonly made of the skins of sharks and rays. The common name "fuller's ray" comes from an instrument used by fullers to smooth cloth, referring to its rough and spiny back. The pectoral fin disc of the shagreen ray is somewhat wider than it is long. The forward mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Selbie Clark
Dr Robert Selbie Clark (11 September 1882 – 29 September 1950) was a Scottish marine zoologist and explorer. He was the biologist on Sir Ernest Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1914–1917, and served as the director of the Scottish Home Department Marine Laboratory, at Torry, Aberdeen. Early life Robert Clark was born on 11 September 1882 in Aberdeen, the son of William Clark. He attended Aberdeen Grammar School and then Aberdeen University from where he graduated with an M.A. in 1908. In 1911 he attained a BSc and became Zoologist to the Scottish Oceanographical Laboratory, Edinburgh, a post he held until he was appointed naturalist to the Marine Biological Association in 1913. While at the Scottish Oceanographical Laboratory, he worked on some of the Antarctic specimens that William Speirs Bruce had brought back from the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition of 1902–04. He was a natural sportsman, a keen golfer and angler, and was selected ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leucoraja Melitensis
The Maltese skate (''Leucoraja melitensis''), or Maltese ray, is a species of fish in the family Rajidae. It is a rare endemic species from the Mediterranean Sea found in the coastal waters of Algeria, Italy, Malta, Tunisia, Greece and Turkey. Its natural habitat is open seas. It is threatened by habitat loss. Sustainable consumption In 2010, Greenpeace International Greenpeace is an independent global campaigning network, founded in Canada in 1971 by a group of environmental activists. Greenpeace states its goal is to "ensure the ability of the Earth to nurture life in all its diversity" and focuses its ... added the Maltese skate (''Leucoraja melitensis'') to its seafood red list. "The Greenpeace International seafood red list is a list of fish that are commonly sold in supermarkets around the world, and which have a very high risk of being sourced from unsustainable fisheries." References Maltese skate Fish of the Mediterranean Sea Marine fish of North Afri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernard Séret
Bernard ('' Bernhard'') is a French and West Germanic masculine given name. It has West Germanic origin and is also a surname. The name is attested from at least the 9th century. West Germanic ''Bernhard'' is composed from the two elements ''bern'' "bear" and ''hard'' "brave, hardy". Its native Old English cognate was ''Beornheard'', which was replaced or merged with the French form ''Bernard'' that was brought to England after the Norman Conquest. The name ''Bernhard'' was notably popular among Old Frisian speakers. Its wider use was popularized due to Saint Bernhard of Clairvaux (canonized in 1174). In Ireland, the name was an anglicized form of Brian. Geographical distribution Bernard is the second most common surname in France. As of 2014, 42.2% of all known bearers of the surname ''Bernard'' were residents of France (frequency 1:392), 12.5% of the United States (1:7,203), 7.0% of Haiti (1:382), 6.6% of Tanzania (1:1,961), 4.8% of Canada (1:1,896), 3.6% of Nigeria (1:12,221 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Weigmann
Simon may refer to: People * Simon (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the given name Simon * Simon (surname), including a list of people with the surname Simon * Eugène Simon, French naturalist and the genus authority ''Simon'' * Tribe of Simeon, one of the twelve tribes of Israel Places * Şimon (), a village in Bran Commune, Braşov County, Romania * Șimon, a right tributary of the river Turcu in Romania Arts, entertainment, and media Films * ''Simon'' (1980 film), starring Alan Arkin * ''Simon'' (2004 film), Dutch drama directed by Eddy Terstall * ''Simón'' (2018 film), Venezuelan short film directed by Diego Vicentini * ''Simón'' (2023 film), Venezuelan feature film directed by Diego Vicentini Games * ''Simon'' (game), a popular computer game * Simon Says, children's game Literature * ''Simon'' (Sutcliff novel), a children's historical novel written by Rosemary Sutcliff * Simon (Sand novel), an 1835 novel by George Sand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leucoraja Longirostris
''Leucoraja'' is a genus of hardnose skates in the family Rajidae, commonly known as the rough skates. They occur mostly on continental shelves and slopes in the north-western and eastern Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea, the south-western Indian Ocean, and Australia. Species There are currently 16 species in this genus: * '' Leucoraja caribbaea'' ( McEachran, 1977) (Maya skate) * '' Leucoraja circularis'' (Couch, 1838) (sandy ray) * ''Leucoraja compagnoi'' ( Stehmann, 1995) (tigertail skate) * ''Leucoraja erinacea'' ( Mitchill, 1825) (little skate) * '' Leucoraja fullonica'' (Linnaeus, 1758) (shagreen skate) * '' Leucoraja garmani'' ( Whitley, 1939) (rosette skate) * '' Leucoraja lentiginosa'' ( Bigelow & Schroeder, 1951) (freckled skate) * '' Leucoraja leucosticta'' (Stehmann, 1971) (whitedappled skate) * '' Leucoraja longirostris'' Weigmann, Stehmann, Séret & Ishihara, 2024 (brown longnose skate) * '' Leucoraja melitensis'' ( R. S. Clark, 1926) (Maltese skate) * '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Charles Schroeder
William Charles Schroeder (1895–1977) was an American ichthyologist. He was born on Staten Island, New York. He, along with his lifelong colleague Henry Bryant Bigelow, made substantial contributions to the knowledge of the fish fauna of the western North Atlantic. The two described 42 new species of jawless fishes and cartilaginous fishes, and authored several seminal publications, including ''Fishes of the Western North Atlantic'' and ''Fishes of the Gulf of Maine''. Legacy *A species of Chilean lizard, '' Liolaemus schroederi'', is named in his honor. *A genus of catsharks, ''Schroederichthys ''Schroederichthys'' is a genus of coloured catsharks in the family Atelomycteridae Atelomycteridae, the coloured catsharks, is a family of sharks belonging to the order Carcharhiniformes. These sharks are found in the Indian, Pacific and We ...'', is named after Schroeder.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Joh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Bryant Bigelow
Henry Bryant Bigelow (October 3, 1879 – December 11, 1967) was an American oceanographer and marine biologist. He was a professor at Harvard University for 60 years and was the founding director of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. The U.S. research vessel ''NOAAS Henry B. Bigelow'' was named in his honor. Life and career He was the grandson of Henry Bryant who was an American physician and naturalist. After graduating from Harvard in 1901, he began working with famed ichthyologist Alexander Agassiz. Bigelow accompanied Agassiz on several major marine science expeditions including one aboard the ''Albatross'' in 1907. He began working at the Museum of Comparative Zoology in 1905 and joined Harvard's faculty in 1906 where he worked for 62 years. In 1911, Bigelow was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He helped found the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in 1930 and was its founding director. He was elected to the United States Nation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leucoraja Lentiginosa
''Leucoraja lentiginosa'', the freckled skate, is a species of hardnose skate. Description It is most similar to, and often confused with '' Leucoraja garmani''. Range Habitat It has been observed on iNaturalist near Galveston and Gulf Shores. They are demersal The demersal zone is the part of the sea or ocean (or deep lake) consisting of the part of the water column near to (and significantly affected by) the seabed and the benthos. The demersal zone is just above the benthic zone and forms a layer o ... and are found in the depth range of . Ecology References Rajidae Aquatic animals of North America Fish described in 1951 {{Rajiformes-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
