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Goliath Catfish
''Brachyplatystoma'' is a genus of catfish from the family Pimelodidae sometimes collectively termed the goliath catfishes. As this common name indicates, this genus includes some of the largest species of catfish, including the piraíba, ''B. filamentosum'', which reaches up to in length; though the other species (and indeed most individuals of ''B. filamentosum'') don't reach this length. ''Brachyplatystoma'' are found in the Amazon Basin, Amazon and Orinoco basins, and other tropical freshwater and brackish habitats in South America. All species are Fish migration, migratory, which makes them important as fish (food), food fish across their wide range. Some are also kept as aquarium fish. Classification ''Brachyplatystoma'' is derived from the Greek language, Greek words ''wiktionary:brachy-#Prefix, brachy'', ''wiktionary:platy-#Prefix, platy'', and ''wiktionary:στόμα#Noun, stoma'', which mean "short", "flat", and "mouth", respectively. This genus was Species descrip ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miocene
The Miocene ( ) is the first epoch (geology), geological epoch of the Neogene Period and extends from about (Ma). The Miocene was named by Scottish geologist Charles Lyell; the name comes from the Greek words (', "less") and (', "new") and means "less recent" because it has 18% fewer modern marine invertebrates than the Pliocene has. The Miocene followed the Oligocene and preceded the Pliocene. As Earth went from the Oligocene through the Miocene and into the Pliocene, the climate slowly cooled towards a series of ice ages. The Miocene boundaries are not marked by distinct global events but by regionally defined transitions from the warmer Oligocene to the cooler Pliocene Epoch. During the Early Miocene, Afro-Arabia collided with Eurasia, severing the connection between the Mediterranean and Indian Oceans, and allowing the interchange of fauna between Eurasia and Africa, including the dispersal of proboscideans and Ape, hominoids into Eurasia. During the late Miocene, the conn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
