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Xenocypris Schisturus
''Xenocypris'' is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Xenocyprididae, the East Asian minnows or sharpbellies. In addition to the extant species, ''X. yushensis'', being known only from fossils, and one, ''X. yunnanensis'', which is critically endangered or recently extinct. Species ''Xenocypris'' contains the following species: *'' Xenocypris davidi'' Bleeker, 1871 *'' Xenocypris fangi'' T. L. Tchang, 1930 *''Xenocypris hupeinensis'' ( P. L. Yih, 1964) *'' Xenocypris macrolepis'' Bleeker, 1871 *'' Xenocypris medius'' ( Ōshima, 1920) *'' Xenocypris schisturus'' (Oshima, 1920) *''Xenocypris yunnanensis'' Nichols, 1925 *'' Xenocypris yushensis'' Liu & Su, 1962 (Pliocene Shanxi Province Shanxi; formerly romanised as Shansi is a province in North China. Its capital and largest city of the province is Taiyuan, while its next most populated prefecture-level cities are Changzhi and Datong. Its one-character abbreviation is ( ...) References * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pliocene
The Pliocene ( ; also Pleiocene) is the epoch (geology), epoch in the geologic time scale that extends from 5.33 to 2.58See the 2014 version of the ICS geologic time scale million years ago (Ma). It is the second and most recent epoch of the Neogene Period in the Cenozoic, Cenozoic Era. The Pliocene follows the Miocene Epoch and is followed by the Pleistocene Epoch. Prior to the 2009 revision of the geologic time scale, which placed the four most recent major glaciations entirely within the Pleistocene, the Pliocene also included the Gelasian Stage, which lasted from 2.59 to 1.81 Ma, and is now included in the Pleistocene. As with other older geologic periods, the Stratum, geological strata that define the start and end are well-identified but the exact dates of the start a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yih Peh-Lu
YIH or Yih may refer to: * Western Yiddish language's ISO 639-3 language code * Yichang Sanxia Airport's IATA code People with the name * Mae Yih (born 1928), former member of both houses of the legislature of the U.S. state of Oregon * Chia-Shun Yih (1918–1997), Professor Emeritus at the University of Michigan {{disambiguation, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shanxi Province
Shanxi; formerly romanised as Shansi is a province in North China. Its capital and largest city of the province is Taiyuan, while its next most populated prefecture-level cities are Changzhi and Datong. Its one-character abbreviation is (), after the state of Jin that existed there during the Spring and Autumn period (). The name ''Shanxi'' means 'west of the mountains', a reference to its location west of the Taihang Mountains. Shanxi borders Hebei to the east, Henan to the south, Shaanxi to the west and Inner Mongolia to the north. Shanxi's terrain is characterised by a plateau bounded partly by mountain ranges. Shanxi's culture is largely dominated by the ethnic Han majority, who make up over 99% of its population. Jin Chinese is considered by some linguists to be a distinct language from Mandarin and its geographical range covers most of Shanxi. Both Jin and Mandarin are spoken in Shanxi. Shanxi is a leading producer of coal in China, possessing roughly a third of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xenocypris Yushensis
''Xenocypris'' is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Xenocyprididae, the East Asian minnows or sharpbellies. In addition to the extant species, ''X. yushensis'', being known only from fossils, and one, ''X. yunnanensis'', which is critically endangered or recently extinct. Species ''Xenocypris'' contains the following species: *'' Xenocypris davidi'' Bleeker, 1871 *'' Xenocypris fangi'' T. L. Tchang, 1930 *''Xenocypris hupeinensis'' ( P. L. Yih, 1964) *'' Xenocypris macrolepis'' Bleeker, 1871 *'' Xenocypris medius'' ( Ōshima, 1920) *''Xenocypris schisturus'' (Oshima, 1920) *''Xenocypris yunnanensis'' Nichols, 1925 *'' Xenocypris yushensis'' Liu & Su, 1962 (Pliocene Shanxi Province Shanxi; formerly romanised as Shansi is a province in North China. Its capital and largest city of the province is Taiyuan, while its next most populated prefecture-level cities are Changzhi and Datong. Its one-character abbreviation is ( ...) References * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Treadwell Nichols
John Treadwell Nichols (June 11, 1883 – November 10, 1958) was an American ichthyologist and Ornithology, ornithologist. Life and career Nichols was born in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Massachusetts, the son of Mary Blake (Slocum) and John White Treadwell Nichols. In 1906 he studied vertebrate zoology at Harvard College, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (AB). In 1907 he joined the American Museum of Natural History as assistant in the department of mammalogy. In 1913 he founded ''Copeia'', the official journal of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists. In 1916 he described the long lost Bermuda petrel together with Louis L. Mowbray, Louis Leon Arthur Mowbray who first sighted this bird within a flock of other petrels in 1906 on Castle Island, Bermuda 45 years before it was officially rediscovered by Mowbray's son Louis. He also described the fish genus ''Bajacalifornia''. He also worked with a team of scientists from the American Museum of Natural Histo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xenocypris Yunnanensis
''Xenocypris yunnanensis'', the Kunming nase, is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus ''Xenocypris''. It is endemic to Lake Dianchi in Yunnan Province, China. The species started to decline in the 1970s and has not been caught in the lake after two specimens were collected in 1985; it may be extinct. Its demise is likely due to introduced fish species, grass carp The grass carp (''Ctenopharyngodon idella'') is a species of large herbivorous freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae, native to the Pacific Far East, with a native range stretching from northern Vietnam to the Amur River on the Sino-Russian .... It was also impacted by over-fishing and pollution. They grow to a maximum length of . They are dark grayish with a silvery white belly, gray dorsal fin, reddish anal fin and orange red caudal fin. They have a rounded belly, blunt snout, eyes on the lateral part of their heads, and a small transverse mouth. References yunnanensis Cyprinid fish of Asia Endemi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xenocypris Schisturus
''Xenocypris'' is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Xenocyprididae, the East Asian minnows or sharpbellies. In addition to the extant species, ''X. yushensis'', being known only from fossils, and one, ''X. yunnanensis'', which is critically endangered or recently extinct. Species ''Xenocypris'' contains the following species: *'' Xenocypris davidi'' Bleeker, 1871 *'' Xenocypris fangi'' T. L. Tchang, 1930 *''Xenocypris hupeinensis'' ( P. L. Yih, 1964) *'' Xenocypris macrolepis'' Bleeker, 1871 *'' Xenocypris medius'' ( Ōshima, 1920) *'' Xenocypris schisturus'' (Oshima, 1920) *''Xenocypris yunnanensis'' Nichols, 1925 *'' Xenocypris yushensis'' Liu & Su, 1962 (Pliocene Shanxi Province Shanxi; formerly romanised as Shansi is a province in North China. Its capital and largest city of the province is Taiyuan, while its next most populated prefecture-level cities are Changzhi and Datong. Its one-character abbreviation is ( ...) References * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masamitsu Ōshima
was a Japanese herpetologist and ichthyologist. He received his Master's from Stanford University Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University, is a Private university, private research university in Stanford, California, United States. It was founded in 1885 by railroad magnate Leland Stanford (the eighth .... He is noted for studies of the fish species of Taiwan and on snakes. Taxon described by him *See :Taxa named by Masamitsu Ōshima *'' Squalidus iijimae'' Named in honor of zoologist Isao lijima. *'' Pungtungia shiraii'' Named in honor of Kunihiko Shirai. *'' Aphyocypris kikuchii'' Named in honor of Yonetaro Kikuchi (1869–1921), collector for the Taipei Museum in Formosa (Taiwan), who collected the type specimen. *'' Barbodes snyderi'' Snyder's barb. *'' Oncorhynchus masou formosanus'' *'' Spinibarbus hollandi'' Named in honor of zoologist-paleontologist William J. Holland. Partial bibliography *A Review of the Fishes of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xenocypris Medius
''Xenocypris medius'' is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Xenocyprididae, the East Asian minnows or sharpbellies. This fish is endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ... to Taiwan. References medius Fish described in 1920 Taxa named by Masamitsu Ōshima {{Xenocyprinae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xenocypris Hupeinensis
''Xenocypris hupeinensis'' is a species of freshwater Actinopterygii, ray-finned fish belonging to the Family (biology), family Xenocyprididae, the East Asian minnows or sharpbellies. It inhabits the upper and middle Changjiang River of China and has a maximum length among unsexed males of . It is classified as "data deficient" by the IUCN. References Xenocypris, hupeinensis Freshwater fish of China IUCN Red List data deficient species Fish described in 1964 {{Xenocyprinae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Günther
Albert Karl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther , also Albert Charles Lewis Gotthilf Günther (3October 18301February 1914), was a German-born British zoologist, ichthyologist, and herpetologist. Günther is ranked the second-most productive reptile taxonomist (after George Albert Boulenger) with more than 340 reptile species described. Early life and career Günther was born in Esslingen in Swabia ( Württemberg). His father was a ''Stiftungs-Commissar'' in Esslingen and his mother was Eleonora Nagel. He initially schooled at the Stuttgart Gymnasium. His family wished him to train for the ministry of the Lutheran Church for which he moved to the University of Tübingen. A brother shifted from theology to medicine, and he, too, turned to science and medicine at Tübingen in 1852. His first work was "''Ueber den Puppenzustand eines Distoma''" (On the pupal state of ''Distoma''). He graduated in medicine with an M.D. from Tübingen in 1858, the same year in which he published a handbook ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tchang Tchung-Lin
Chang may refer to: People Surname * Chang (surname), the romanization of several separate Chinese surnames * Chang or Jang (Korean name), romanizations of the Korean surname Given name * Chang Bunker () (1811–1874), one of the original Siamese twins * Liu Chang (other) * Chang, the younger brother in the children's book '' Tikki Tikki Tembo'' * Chang (Star Trek), a Klingon general from the film ''Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country'' * Chang Koehan, a Korean character from ''The King of Fighters'' * Benjamin Chang, a Chinese character from ''Community'' Pseudonym * Chang (director) (born Yoon Hong-seung, 1975), a South Korean film director Ethnography * Chang Naga, a tribe of Tuensang in Nagaland, India * Chang language, spoken by the Chang Naga Places * Chang, Bhiwani, a village in the Indian state of Haryana * Chang, Iran, a village in Hormozgan Province of Iran Other uses * Chang, chaang, or chhaang, a traditional alcoholic barley dr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
