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Sparidentex Datnia
''Sparidentex'' is a genus of ray-finned fish belonging to the family Sparidae, which includes the seabreams and porgies. These fishes are found in the Indian Ocean. Taxonomy ''Sparidentex'' was first proposed as a monospecific genus in 1948 by the Australian marine biologist and ichthyologist Ian Stafford Ross Munro with ''Debtex hasta'' designated as the type species. ''Chrysophrys cuvieri'' was a name proposed by Francis Day in 1875 to replace ''Dentex hasta'' as the specific name ''hasta'' was secondarily preoccupied by ''Sparus hasta'' Bloch & Schneider, 1801 but ''C. cuvieri'' was an unnecessary new name as Bloch and Schnieders name was a junior synonym of ''Acanthopagrus berda''. Valenciennes gave the type locality of ''D. hasta'' as Malabar in southwestern India. The genus ''Sparidentex'' is placed in the family Sparidae within the order Spariformes by the 5th edition of ''Fishes of the World''. Some authorities classify this genus in the subfamily Sparinae, but the 5th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
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Ian Stafford Ross Munro
Ian Stafford Ross Munro (1919–1994) was an Australian ichthyologist and marine biologist. Munro grew up in Brisbane and received degrees from the University of Queensland in the early 1940s, studying marine biology, while also conducted service in the Australian Reserve Military Forces (as part of WW2). In 1943 he started work as an assistant research officer with the CSIR Division of Fisheries at Cronulla, New South Wales, which became the CSIRO after 1956. Munro continued to work at CSIRO as a research scientist until his retirement in 1984, but continued to work as an Honorary Research Fellow at CSIRO until shortly before his passing. From 1963 Munro led the Gulf of Carpentaria Prawn Survey, which was essential for the establishment of the prawn fishery in the area. Earlier, Munro had worked to document the poorly known fish fauna off northern Australian and New Guinea New Guinea (; Hiri Motu: ''Niu Gini''; , fossilized , also known as Papua or historically ) is the Li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |