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Schistura Mukambbikaensis
''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'' Freyhof & Serov, 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John McClelland (doctor)
John McClelland or M'Clelland (1805 – 31 July 1883) was a British medical doctor with interests in natural history, who worked for the East India Company in India and Burma. He served as a temporary curator of the museum of the Asiatic Society of Bengal just before a permanent curator was found in Edward Blyth. McClelland is thought to have been born in Ireland, studied medicine and was admitted member of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1828. He entered the service of the East India Company in the Bengal Medical Service on 7th April 1830. In 1835 he was sent on a mission (Tea Committee) to identify if tea could be grown in north-eastern India along with Nathaniel Wallich and William Griffith. This mission ran into troubles with the members of the group clashing with each other. McClelland was appointed 1836 as the secretary of the "Coal Committee", the forerunner of the Geological Survey of India (GSI), formed to explore possibilities to exploit Indian coal. He was the firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |