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Apogon Doederleini
''Ostorhinchus doederleini'' is a species of fish in the Apogonidae, cardinalfish family, also known by the common names Doederlein's cardinalfish and fourline cardinalfish. In Japanese language, Japanese it is called ''osuji-ishimochi''. It is native to Subtropics, subtropical regions of the western Pacific Ocean, its distribution extending from Japan to Taiwan and Australia to New Caledonia and the Kermadec Islands. This species reaches about 14 centimeters long. The male and female look alike. The body is pinkish or brownish with four brown lines reaching nearly from head to tail. There is a black spot at the base of the tail.Okuda, N., et al. (2002)Sexual difference in buccal morphology of the paternal mouthbrooding cardinalfish ''Apogon doederleini''.''Zoological Science'' 19 801–07. The fish grows until it reaches 3 years of age, and it lives to a maximum age of about 7 years. This fish lives in rocky habitat types near the shore, such as ledges. It is nocturnal. During t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Starr Jordan
David Starr Jordan (January 19, 1851 – September 19, 1931) was the founding president of Stanford University, serving from 1891 to 1913. He was an ichthyologist during his research career. Prior to serving as president of Stanford University, he had served as president of Indiana University from 1884 to 1891. Starr was also a strong supporter of eugenics, and his published views expressed a fear of "race-degeneration" and asserted that cattle and human beings are "governed by the same laws of selection". He was an antimilitarist since he believed that war killed off the best members of the gene pool, and he initially opposed American involvement in World War I. Early life and career Jordan was born in Gainesville, New York, and grew up on a farm in upstate New York. His parents made the unorthodox decision to educate him at a local girls' high school. His middle name, Starr, does not appear in early census records, and was apparently self-selected; he had begun using ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
