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Pomadasys Olivaceus
''Pomadasys olivaceus'', commonly named piggy, or pinky is a species of marine fish in the family Haemulidae, the grunts, first described by F.Day in 1875 as ''Pristipoma olivaceum'' in Day, F. (1875), ''The fishes of India; being a natural history of the fishes known to inhabit the seas and fresh waters of India, Burma, and Ceylon''. London. Part 1. Distribution It is found on the south and east coasts of southern Africa from False Bay to Mozambique, and elsewhere in the western Indian Ocean, in coastal waters, on sand and reef to depths of 90 m, including tidal estuaries, Description Silvery body toning to olive on the back, and a dark blotch on the operculum behind the eye. References olivaceus Animals described in 1875 Fish of the Indian Ocean {{Haemulidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haemulidae
Haemulidae is a family of fishes in the order Perciformes known commonly as grunts. It is made up of the two subfamilies Haemulinae (grunters) and Plectorhynchinae (sweetlips), which in turn contain about 133 species in 19 genera. These fish are found in tropical fresh, brackish, and salt waters around the world. They are bottom-feeding predators, and named for the ability of Haemulinae to produce sound by grinding their teeth. They also engage in mutualistic relationship with cleaner gobies of genus ''Elacatinus'', allowing them to feed on ectoparasites on their bodies. Timeline ImageSize = width:850px height:auto barincrement:15px PlotArea = left:10px bottom:50px top:10px right:10px Period = from:-65.5 till:10 TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal ScaleMajor = unit:year increment:5 start:-65.5 ScaleMinor = unit:year increment:1 start:-65.5 TimeAxis = orientation:hor AlignBars = justify Colors = #legends id:CAR value:claret id:ANK value:rgb(0.4,0.3,0. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pomadasys
''Pomadasys'' is a genus of grunts native to the waters of the eastern Atlantic Ocean and through the Indian Ocean to the Pacific coast of the Americas. The name of this genus is a compound of ''poma'' meaning "lid" or "covering" and ''dasys'' meaning "rough", a reference to the serrated preopercle. Species There are currently 34 recognized species in this genus: * '' Pomadasys aheneus'' McKay & J. E. Randall, 1995 (Yellowback grunt) * '' Pomadasys andamanensis'' McKay & Satapoomin, 1994 * '' Pomadasys argenteus'' ( Forsskål, 1775) (Silver grunt) * '' Pomadasys argyreus'' (Valenciennes, 1833) (Bluecheek silver grunt) * '' Pomadasys auritus'' ( G. Cuvier, 1830) (Longhead grunt) * '' Pomadasys bayanus'' D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1898 (Purplemouth grunt) * '' Pomadasys bipunctatus'' Kner, 1898 * '' Pomadasys branickii'' ( Steindachner, 1879) (Sand grunt) * ''Pomadasys commersonnii'' ( Lacépède, 1801) (Smallspotted grunter) * ''Pomadasys crocro'' (G. Cuvier, 1830) (Burro grunt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Animals Described In 1875
Animals are multicellular, eukaryotic organisms in the biological kingdom Animalia. With few exceptions, animals consume organic material, breathe oxygen, are able to move, can reproduce sexually, and go through an ontogenetic stage in which their body consists of a hollow sphere of cells, the blastula, during embryonic development. Over 1.5 million living animal species have been described—of which around 1 million are insects—but it has been estimated there are over 7 million animal species in total. Animals range in length from to . They have complex interactions with each other and their environments, forming intricate food webs. The scientific study of animals is known as zoology. Most living animal species are in Bilateria, a clade whose members have a bilaterally symmetric body plan. The Bilateria include the protostomes, containing animals such as nematodes, arthropods, flatworms, annelids and molluscs, and the deuterostomes, containing the ec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
