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Schistura Bairdi
''Schistura bairdi'' is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus ''Schistura''. This species has so far only been found in the mainstream Mekong River in southern Laos in the Khone Falls area, which is on the border with Stung Treng and Preah Vihear provinces in northeastern Cambodia. Etymology Etymology ( ) is the study of the origin and evolution of words—including their constituent units of sound and meaning—across time. In the 21st century a subfield within linguistics, etymology has become a more rigorously scientific study. ... This fish is named after Professor Ian G. Baird, Department of Geography, University of Wisconsin-Madison. References * Kottelat, M. 2000. Diagnoses of a new genus and 64 new species of fishes from Laos (Teleostei: Cyprinidae, Balitoridae, Bagridae, Syngnathidae, Chaudhuriidae and Tetraodontidae). ''Journal of South Asian Natural History, 5 (1): 37-82.'' B Taxa named by Maurice Kottelat Fish described in 2000 {{Nemacheilid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurice Kottelat
Maurice Kottelat (born 16 July 1957 in Delémont, SwitzerlandCommissioners: Dr Maurice Kottelat International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (accessed 2014)) is a specializing in Eurasian freshwater fishes. Kottelat obtained a License in Sciences at the University of Neuchâtel in 1987 and in 1989 a doctoral degree from the |
Ray-finned Fish
Actinopterygii (; ), members of which are known as ray-finned fish or actinopterygians, is a class of bony fish that comprise over 50% of living vertebrate species. They are so called because of their lightly built fins made of webbings of skin supported by radially extended thin bony spines called '' lepidotrichia'', as opposed to the bulkier, fleshy lobed fins of the sister clade Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fish). Resembling folding fans, the actinopterygian fins can easily change shape and wetted area, providing superior thrust-to-weight ratios per movement compared to sarcopterygian and chondrichthyian fins. The fin rays attach directly to the proximal or basal skeletal elements, the radials, which represent the articulation between these fins and the internal skeleton (e.g., pelvic and pectoral girdles). The vast majority of actinopterygians are teleosts. By species count, they dominate the subphylum Vertebrata, and constitute nearly 99% of the over 30,000 extant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schistura
''Schistura'' is a genus of fish in the stone loach family Nemacheilidae native to the streams and rivers of the southern and eastern Asia. Some of these species are troglobitic. Species There are currently over 200 recognized species in this genus: * '' Schistura absumbra'' ( Endruweit, 2017) * '' Schistura acuticephala'' ( Hora, 1929) * '' Schistura afasciata'' Mirza & Bănărescu, 1981 * '' Schistura aizawlensis'' Lal Ramliana, 2012 * '' Schistura albirostris'' X. Y. Chen & Neely, 2012 * '' Schistura albisella'' Kottelat, 2017 * '' Schistura alboguttata'' Cao & E. Zhang, 2018 * '' Schistura alticrista'' Kottelat, 1990 * '' Schistura altipedunculata'' ( Bănărescu & Nalbant, 1968) * '' Schistura altuscauda'' F.-M. Chen, Myint, L. Chu & X. Y. Chen, 2020 * '' Schistura amplizona'' Kottelat, 2000 * '' Schistura anambarensis'' ( Mirza & Bănărescu, 1970) * '' Schistura andrewi'' Solo, Lal Ramliana, Lalronunga & Lalnun Tluanga, 2014 * '' Schistura antennata'' Freyh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Etymology
Etymology ( ) is the study of the origin and evolution of words—including their constituent units of sound and meaning—across time. In the 21st century a subfield within linguistics, etymology has become a more rigorously scientific study. Most directly tied to historical linguistics, philology, and semiotics, it additionally draws upon comparative semantics, morphology, pragmatics, and phonetics in order to attempt a comprehensive and chronological catalogue of all meanings and changes that a word (and its related parts) carries throughout its history. The origin of any particular word is also known as its ''etymology''. For languages with a long written history, etymologists make use of texts, particularly texts about the language itself, to gather knowledge about how words were used during earlier periods, how they developed in meaning and form, or when and how they entered the language. Etymologists also apply the methods of comparative linguistics to reconstruct in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taxa Named By Maurice Kottelat
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 particular name and given a particular ranking, especially if and when it is accepted or becomes established. It is very common, however, for taxonomists to remain at odds over what belongs to a taxon and the criteria used for inclusion, especially in the context of rank-based (" Linnaean") nomenclature (much less so under phylogenetic nomenclature). If a taxon is given a formal scientific name, its use is then governed by one of the nomenclature codes specifying which scientific name is correct for a particular grouping. Initial attempts at classifying and ordering organisms (plants and animals) were presumably set forth in prehistoric times by hunter-gatherers, as suggested by the fairly sophisticated folk taxonomies. Much later, Aristotle, and later still ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
