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Tilefish
file:Malacanthus latovittatus.jpg, 250px, Blue blanquillo, ''Malacanthus latovittatus'' Tilefishes are mostly small perciform marine fish comprising the family (biology), family Malacanthidae. They are usually found in sandy areas, especially near coral reefs. They have a long life span, up to 46 years (females) and 39 years (males). Commercial fishery, fisheries exist for the largest species, making them important food fish. However, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warns pregnant or breastfeeding women against eating Mercury in fish, tilefish and some other fish due to Mercury poisoning#Methylmercury and related organomercury compounds, mercury contamination. Exceptionally colorful smaller species of tilefish are favored for aquariums. Taxonomic issues The family is further divided into two subfamilies: Latilinae, sometimes called the Branchiosteginae, and Malacanthinae. Some authors regard these subfamilies as two evolutionarily distinct families. The placement of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latilinae
250px, Blue blanquillo, ''Malacanthus latovittatus'' Tilefishes are mostly small perciform marine fish comprising the family Malacanthidae. They are usually found in sandy areas, especially near coral reefs. They have a long life span, up to 46 years (females) and 39 years (males). Commercial fisheries exist for the largest species, making them important food fish. However, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warns pregnant or breastfeeding women against eating tilefish and some other fish due to mercury contamination. Exceptionally colorful smaller species of tilefish are favored for aquariums. Taxonomic issues The family is further divided into two subfamilies: Latilinae, sometimes called the Branchiosteginae, and Malacanthinae. Some authors regard these subfamilies as two evolutionarily distinct families. The placement of this family within the Eupercaria is still uncertain. The 5th edition of ''Fishes of the World'' classifies them within the Perciformes but in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hoplolatilus Randalli
''Hoplolatilus'' is a genus of tilefishes native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. The chameleon tilefish ''(Hoplolatilus chlupatyi)'', also known as the ''flashing tilefish'', is well known in particular in the aquarium hobby due to its unique ability to change colors in an instant with the help of specialized proteins in its skin that can reflect light in different wavelengths, allowing it to cycle between primary and secondary colors on the light spectrum. Species There are currently 13 recognized species in this genus: * '' Hoplolatilus chlupatyi'' Klausewitz, McCosker, J. E. Randall & Zetzsche, 1978 (Chameleon sand tilefish) * '' Hoplolatilus cuniculus'' J. E. Randall & Dooley, 1974 (Dusky tilefish) * '' Hoplolatilus erdmanni'' G. R. Allen, 2007 (Triton tilefish) * '' Hoplolatilus fourmanoiri'' J. L. B. Smith James Leonard Brierley Smith (26 September 1897 – 8 January 1968) was a South African ichthyology, ichthyologist, organic chemist, and univ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caulolatilus
''Caulolatilus'' is a genus of tilefishes native to the Pacific and Atlantic coasts of the Americas. This genus is regarded as the least specialised and the most basal of the tilefishes. Species There are currently 11 recognized species in this genus: * '' Caulolatilus affinis'' T. N. Gill, 1865 (Bighead tilefish) * '' Caulolatilus bermudensis'' Dooley, 1981 (Bermuda tilefish) * '' Caulolatilus chrysops'' (Valenciennes, 1833) (Atlantic goldeneye tilefish) * '' Caulolatilus cyanops'' Poey, 1866 (Blackline tilefish) * '' Caulolatilus dooleyi'' Berry, 1978 (Bankslope tilefish) * '' Caulolatilus guppyi'' Beebe & Tee-Van, 1937 (Reticulated tilefish) * '' Caulolatilus hubbsi'' Dooley, 1978 (Hubbs' tilefish) * '' Caulolatilus intermedius'' Howell-Rivero, 1936 (Gulf bareye tilefish) * '' Caulolatilus microps'' Goode & T. H. Bean, 1878 (Grey tilefish) * '' Caulolatilus princeps'' ( Jenyns, 1840) (Ocean whitefish) * '' Caulolatilus williamsi'' Dooley & Berry, 1977 (Yellowbar tile ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Branchiostegus
''Branchiostegus'' is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes, tilefishes, belonging to the family Malacanthidae. They are found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean through the Indian Ocean to the western Pacific Ocean. Here they create burrows in soft substrates in the comparatively deep waters of the continental shelf and slope. Characteristics ''Branchiostegus'' tilefishes have a rectangular body shape with a square profile to the head. They have a raised seam situated to the anterior of the dorsal fin, this can be reduced but it is always there. They have a body which is around four times as long as it is deep. There are fine serrations on the preopercular upper arm while its lower arm has very few or no serrations and there is no spine at its angle. The operculum has a single flexible, blunt spine. The mouth is slightly angled and extend to the front of the eye. The dorsal and anal fins are long and unbroken. The dorsal fin has 6 to 8 spines, typically 7 and 14 to 16, normally 15, so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malacanthus Latovittatus
The blue blanquillo (''Malacanthus latovittatus''), also known as the banded blanquillo, striped blanquillo, false whiting, sand tilefish or eye of the sea, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a tilefish belonging to the family Malacanthidae. It is found in the Indo-Pacific. Description The blue blanquillo has an elongated body with a pointed snout, the mouth reaching as far as the forward nostril. The margin of the preoperculum is smooth and the Gill cover has a sharp spine which is similar in size to diameter of the pupil. The head and anterior part of the body are blue, this colour fades posteriorly. There is a wide black lateral stripe which starts from the base of the pectoral fin in adults and from the snout in juveniles. The adults have fine lattice patterning on their upper back with a white area on the middle of the rear margin of the caudal fin. There is a pale line along upper margin of the greyish dorsal fin, the anal and pelvic fins are white while the pectoral ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mercury In Fish
The presence of mercury in fish is a health concern for people who eat them, especially for women who are or may become pregnant, nursing mothers, and young children. Fish and shellfish concentrate mercury in their bodies, often in the form of methylmercury, a highly toxic organomercury compound. This element is known to bioaccumulate in humans, so bioaccumulation in seafood carries over into human populations, where it can result in mercury poisoning. Mercury is dangerous to both natural ecosystems and humans because it is a metal known to be highly toxic, especially due to its neurotoxic ability to damage the central nervous system. In human-controlled ecosystems of fish, usually done for market production of wanted seafood species, mercury clearly rises through the food chain via fish consuming small plankton, as well as through non-food sources such as underwater sediment. Fish products have been shown to contain varying amounts of heavy metals, particularly mercury and f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lopholatilus
''Lopholatilus'' is a small genus of tilefishes native to the western Atlantic Ocean. Species There are currently two recognized extant species A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ... in this genus: * '' Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps'' Goode & T. H. Bean, 1879 (Great northern tilefish) * '' Lopholatilus villarii'' A. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1915 (Tile fish) There is also an extinct species: * †'' Lopholatilus ereborensis'' Carnevale & Godfrey, 2014 References {{Acanthuriformes-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eupercaria
Percomorpha () is an extremely large and diverse clade of ray-finned fish. With more than 17,000 known species (including tuna, seahorses, gobies, cichlids, flatfish, wrasse, perches, anglerfish, and pufferfish) known from both marine and freshwater ecosystems, it is the most speciose clade of extant vertebrates. Evolution Percomorpha are the most diverse group of teleost fish today. Teleosts, and percomorphs in particular, thrived during the Cenozoic era. Fossil evidence shows that there was a major increase in size and abundance of teleosts immediately after the mass extinction event at the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary ago. The oldest known percomorph fossils are of the early tetraodontiforms '' Protriacanthus'' and Cretatriacanthidae from the Santonian to Campanian of Italy and Slovenia. A higher diversity of early percomorphs is also known from the Campanian of Nardò, Italy, and these also show some level of diversification into modern orders, with representatives ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mercury Poisoning
Mercury poisoning is a type of metal poisoning due to exposure to mercury. Symptoms depend upon the type, dose, method, and duration of exposure. They may include muscle weakness, poor coordination, numbness in the hands and feet, skin rashes, anxiety, memory problems, trouble speaking, trouble hearing, or trouble seeing. High-level exposure to methylmercury is known as Minamata disease. Methylmercury exposure in children may result in acrodynia (pink disease) in which the skin becomes pink and peels. Long-term complications may include kidney problems and decreased intelligence. The effects of long-term low-dose exposure to methylmercury are unclear. Forms of mercury exposure include metal, vapor, salt, and organic compound. Most exposure is from eating fish, amalgam-based dental fillings, or exposure at a workplace. In fish, those higher up in the food chain generally have higher levels of mercury, a process known as biomagnification. Less commonly, poisoning may occu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Food And Drug Administration
The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA or US FDA) is a List of United States federal agencies, federal agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Health and Human Services. The FDA is responsible for protecting and promoting public health through the control and supervision of food safety, tobacco products, caffeine products, dietary supplements, Prescription drug, prescription and Over-the-counter drug, over-the-counter pharmaceutical drugs (medications), vaccines, biopharmaceuticals, blood transfusions, medical devices, electromagnetic radiation emitting devices (ERED), cosmetics, Animal feed, animal foods & feed and Veterinary medicine, veterinary products. The FDA's primary focus is enforcement of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C). However, the agency also enforces other laws, notably Section 361 of the Public Health Service Act as well as associated regulations. Much of this regulatory-enforcement work is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Incertae Sedis
or is a term used for a taxonomy (biology), taxonomic group where its broader relationships are unknown or undefined. Alternatively, such groups are frequently referred to as "enigmatic taxa". In the system of open nomenclature, uncertainty at specific taxonomic levels is indicated by (of uncertain family), (of uncertain suborder), (of uncertain order) and similar terms. Examples * The fossil plant ''Paradinandra, Paradinandra suecica'' could not be assigned to any family, but was placed ''incertae sedis'' within the order Ericales when described in 2001. * The fossil ''Gluteus minimus (fossil), Gluteus minimus'', described in 1975, could not be assigned to any known animal phylum. The genus is therefore ''incertae sedis'' within the kingdom Animalia. * While it was unclear to which order the New World vultures (family Cathartidae) should be assigned, they were placed in Aves ''incertae sedis''. It was later agreed to place them in a separate order, Cathartiformes. * Boc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
