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Marcusenius Fuscus
''Marcusenius'' is a genus of the elephantfish group native to Africa. Its members are highly diverse in size, with the smallest species reaching less than and the largest more than . The genus is named after Johann Marcusen. Species There are currently 45 recognized species in this genus: * '' Marcusenius abadii'' ( Boulenger, 1901) (Djebba mormyrid) * ''Marcusenius altisambesi'' B. J. Kramer, P. H. Skelton, van der Bank & Wink, 2007 (bulldog) * ''Marcusenius angolensis'' (Boulenger, 1905) (Quanza mormyrid) * ''Marcusenius annamariae'' ( Parenzan, 1939) (Annamaria mormyrid) * ''Marcusenius bentleyi'' (Boulenger, 1897) (Bentley's mormyrid) * ''Marcusenius caudisquamatus'' Maake, Gon & E. R. Swartz, 2014Maake, P.A., Gon, O. & Swartz, E.R. (2014): Descriptions of three new species of ''Marcusenius'' Gill, 1862 (Teleostei: Mormyridae) from South Africa and Mozambique. ''Zootaxa, 3780 (3): 455–480.'' (Mhlatuze mormyrid) * '' Marcusenius cuangoanus'' (Poll, 1967) (Zovo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theodore Nicholas Gill
Theodore Nicholas Gill (March 21, 1837 – September 25, 1914) was an American ichthyologist, mammalogist, malacologist, and librarian. Career Born and educated in New York City under private tutors, Gill early showed interest in natural history. He was associated with J. Carson Brevoort in the arrangement of the latter's entomological and ichthyological collections before going to Washington, DC, in 1863 to work at the Smithsonian Institution. He catalogued mammals, fishes, and mollusks most particularly, although he maintained proficiency in other orders of animals. He was librarian at the Smithsonian and also senior assistant to the Library of Congress. He was elected as a member of the American Philosophical Society in 1867. Gill was professor of zoology at George Washington University. He was also a member of the Megatherium Club at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC. Fellow members frequently mocked him for his vanity. He was president of the American Associati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcusenius Annamariae
''Marcusenius'' is a genus of the elephantfish group native to Africa. Its members are highly diverse in size, with the smallest species reaching less than and the largest more than . The genus is named after Johann Marcusen. Species There are currently 45 recognized species in this genus: * '' Marcusenius abadii'' ( Boulenger, 1901) (Djebba mormyrid) * ''Marcusenius altisambesi'' B. J. Kramer, P. H. Skelton, van der Bank & Wink, 2007 (bulldog) * '' Marcusenius angolensis'' (Boulenger, 1905) (Quanza mormyrid) * '' Marcusenius annamariae'' ( Parenzan, 1939) (Annamaria mormyrid) * ''Marcusenius bentleyi'' (Boulenger, 1897) (Bentley's mormyrid) * ''Marcusenius caudisquamatus'' Maake, Gon & E. R. Swartz, 2014Maake, P.A., Gon, O. & Swartz, E.R. (2014): Descriptions of three new species of ''Marcusenius'' Gill, 1862 (Teleostei: Mormyridae) from South Africa and Mozambique. ''Zootaxa, 3780 (3): 455–480.'' (Mhlatuze mormyrid) * '' Marcusenius cuangoanus'' (Poll, 1967) (Zov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacques Daget
Jacques Daget (30 June 1919, Vineuil – 29 June 2009), was a French ichthyologist. He was a professor at the National Museum of Natural History, in Paris. Several marine species have been named after him. Species named after him Species named after Daget include: * Claroteidae ''Chrysichthys dageti'' Risch 1992 * Cichlidae ''Tilapia dageti'' Thys van den Audenaerde 1971 * Nothobranchiidae ''Epiplatys dageti dageti'' Poll Poll, polled, or polling may refer to: Forms of voting and counting * Poll, a formal election ** Election verification exit poll, a survey taken to verify election counts ** Polling, voting to make decisions or determine opinions ** Polling pla ..., 1953 * Nothobranchiidae ''Epiplatys dageti monroviae'' Arnoult & Daget 1965 See also * :Taxa named by Jacques Daget * :species:Jacques Daget References {{DEFAULTSORT:Daget, Jacques 1919 births 2009 deaths French ichthyologists 20th-century French zoologists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcusenius Deboensis
''Marcusenius'' is a genus of the elephantfish group native to Africa. Its members are highly diverse in size, with the smallest species reaching less than and the largest more than . The genus is named after Johann Marcusen. Species There are currently 45 recognized species in this genus: * '' Marcusenius abadii'' ( Boulenger, 1901) (Djebba mormyrid) * ''Marcusenius altisambesi'' B. J. Kramer, P. H. Skelton, van der Bank & Wink, 2007 (bulldog) * '' Marcusenius angolensis'' (Boulenger, 1905) (Quanza mormyrid) * '' Marcusenius annamariae'' ( Parenzan, 1939) (Annamaria mormyrid) * '' Marcusenius bentleyi'' (Boulenger, 1897) (Bentley's mormyrid) * '' Marcusenius caudisquamatus'' Maake, Gon & E. R. Swartz, 2014Maake, P.A., Gon, O. & Swartz, E.R. (2014): Descriptions of three new species of ''Marcusenius'' Gill, 1862 (Teleostei: Mormyridae) from South Africa and Mozambique. ''Zootaxa, 3780 (3): 455–480.'' (Mhlatuze mormyrid) * '' Marcusenius cuangoanus'' (Poll, 1967) (Z ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Max Poll
Max Fernand Leon Poll (21 July 1908 in Ruisbroek – 13 March 1991 in Uccle) was a Belgian ichthyologist who specialised in the Cichlidae. In the years 1946 and 1947 he organised an expedition to Lake Tanganyika. He has described several species of Pseudocrenilabrinae, such as '' Lamprologus signatus'', '' Steatocranus casuarius'', '' Neolamprologus brichardi'', and '' Neolamprologus pulcher''. He was a member of The Royal Academies for Science and the Arts of Belgium, professor at the Université libre de Bruxelles, and conservator at the Royal Museum of the Belgian Congo in Tervuren. He was an honorary member of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists. Taxon named in his honor Named after him are species and taxa In biology, a taxon (back-formation from ''taxonomy''; : taxa) is a group of one or more populations of an organism or organisms seen by taxonomists to form a unit. Although neither is required, a taxon is usually known by a particula ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcusenius Cuangoanus
''Marcusenius cuangoanus'' is a species of electric fish in the family Mormyridae that is native to Angola; its range is limited to a specific area of the Kwango River, belonging to the Congo River; it can reach a size of approximately 114 mm. Regarding its conservation status, according to the IUCN The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is an international organization working in the field of nature conservation and sustainable use of natural resources. Founded in 1948, IUCN has become the global authority on the status ..., this species can be classified in the "Vulnerable (VU)" category, mainly due to the accumulation of sediments from mining operations in the Kwango River.IUCN (2011). «IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2.». ''www.iucnredlist.org'' References cuangoanus {{Osteoglossiformes-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernst Roelof Swartz
Ernst is both a surname and a given name, the German, Dutch, and Scandinavian form of Ernest. Notable people with the name include: Surname * Adolf Ernst (1832–1899) German botanist known by the author abbreviation "Ernst" * Anton Ernst (born 1975), South African film producer * Alice Henson Ernst (1880-1980), American writer and historian * Bastian Ernst (born 1987), German politician * Britta Ernst (born 1961), German politician * Cornelia Ernst (born 1956), German politician * Edzard Ernst (born 1948), German-British academic * Emil Ernst (1889–1942), astronomer * Ernie Ernst (1924/25–2013), American judge * Eugen Ernst (1864–1954), German politician * Fabian Ernst (born 1979), German soccer player * Fedir Ernst (1891-1942), Ukrainian art historian * Gustav Ernst (born 1944), Austrian writer * Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst (1812–1865), Moravian violinist and composer * Jim Ernst (born 1942), Canadian politician * Jimmy Ernst (1920–1984), American painter, son of Max Er ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ofer Gon
Ofer () is a moshav in northern Israel. Located south of Haifa, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof HaCarmel Regional Council. In it had a population of . History The moshav was founded in 1950 by immigrants from India (mainly Cochin) and Iran. Its name is derived from Ayn Ghazal (lit. ''Deer Spring''), the depopulated Palestinian village on whose land it was built. It is also on some of the land of the depopulated villages of Khirbat Al-Manara and Khirbat al-Sawamir Khirbat al-Sawamir was a Palestinian Arab village in the Haifa Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on May 22, 1948. It was located 22 kilometres south of Haifa. History Burial places cut into rock, and ceramics fro .... Agricultural income is derived from raising cattle, sheep and chickens, growing vegetables and flowers, and tourism. A circular nature trail loops around moshav Ofer, the Paamon Cave and a large section of the Carmel Beach Forest. References {{Authority c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
