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Arnoglossus Brunneus
The scaldfishes comprise a genus, ''Arnoglossus'', of lefteye flounders. They are found in the Pacific, Indian and Atlantic Oceans, including the Mediterranean and Black Sea. They are entirely absent from most of the Americas; the only exceptions are ''A. coeruleosticta'' and ''A. multirastris'' found off Chile. The genus include both species found in shallow and deeper water. The largest species reaches . in length. Species The 35 currently recognized species are: * ''Arnoglossus andrewsi'' Kurth, 1954 * '' Arnoglossus arabicus'' Norman, 1939 (Arabian flounder) * '' Arnoglossus armstrongi'' E. O. G. Scott, 1975 * '' Arnoglossus aspilos'' (Bleeker, 1851) (spotless lefteye flounder) * '' Arnoglossus bassensis'' Norman, 1926 (Bass Strait flounder) * '' Arnoglossus boops'' (Hector, 1875) * '' Arnoglossus brunneus'' ( Fowler, 1934) (brown lefteye flounder) * ''Arnoglossus capensis'' Boulenger, 1898 (Cape scaldfish) * ''Arnoglossus coeruleosticta'' (Steindachner, 1898) * ''Arnogloss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arnoglossus Laterna
The Mediterranean scaldfish (''Arnoglossus laterna''), also known as the scaldfish, is a species of benthic left eyed flatfish belonging to the family Bothidae. It is found in the eastern Atlantic of Europe and Africa as well as the Mediterranean, and is of minor interest to fisheries. Description The Mediterranean scaldfish is a small flatfish with a slender oval body, a small head with large eyes placed on the left side of the head. It has an oblique mouth which is moderately sized. The dorsal fin has its origin in front of its upper eye, the first dozen or so dorsal fin rays are partially fee from the fin membrane, although they are not elongated. The pelvic fin on the eyed side has a long bas and is larger than its equivalent on its blind side. It has 87-93 rays in its dorsal fin and 65-74 rays in the anal fin. Its scales are thin and fragile and there are usually very few on its body. It is pale brownish grey in colour with dark spots on its body and fins, with a dusky spot o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Oswald Gale Scott
Eric Oswald Gale Scott (b. 18 October 1899 at Launceston, Tasmania, d. 24 June 1986 at Launceston) was an Australian teacher, museum director, ichthyologist and pacifist. He was the director of the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery in Launceston. Life and work Eric Oswald Gale Scott was born on 18 October 1899 at the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, his father was Herbert Hedley Scott, a curator at the museum, and his mother was Frances Fanny, ''née'' Stearnes. Scott attended Launceston State High School where he was awarded a university prize for English Language and Literature and the James Scott Memorial Prize in 1917. He then attended the Philip Smith Training College and the University of Tasmania. Scott was a science teacher at both Launceston State High School and Devonport State High School between 1918 and 1923, he was also acting head teacher at Epping State School. Two years in to his bachelor's degree in Science at the University of Tasmania Scott's health ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arnoglossus Debilis
The scaldfishes comprise a genus, ''Arnoglossus'', of lefteye flounders. They are found in the Pacific, Indian and Atlantic Oceans, including the Mediterranean and Black Sea. They are entirely absent from most of the Americas; the only exceptions are ''A. coeruleosticta'' and ''A. multirastris'' found off Chile. The genus include both species found in shallow and deeper water. The largest species reaches . in length. Species The 35 currently recognized species are: * ''Arnoglossus andrewsi'' Kurth, 1954 * '' Arnoglossus arabicus'' Norman, 1939 (Arabian flounder) * '' Arnoglossus armstrongi'' E. O. G. Scott, 1975 * '' Arnoglossus aspilos'' (Bleeker, 1851) (spotless lefteye flounder) * '' Arnoglossus bassensis'' Norman, 1926 (Bass Strait flounder) * '' Arnoglossus boops'' (Hector, 1875) * '' Arnoglossus brunneus'' ( Fowler, 1934) (brown lefteye flounder) * '' Arnoglossus capensis'' Boulenger, 1898 (Cape scaldfish) * '' Arnoglossus coeruleosticta'' ( Steindachner, 1898) * '' Arno ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cecil Von Bonde
Cecil von Bonde (born Cape Town 19 July 1895; died 21 March 1983) was a South African zoologist, fisheries scientist and oceanographer. Biography Von Bonde was born in Cape Town and matriculated at the Normal College Boys' High School, Cape Town, in 1912 before going on to the University of Cape Town where he attained his Master of Arts degree and was appointed as a Senior Lecturer in Zoology in 1918. He gained his Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in zoology from the University of Cape Town in 1923, his thesis was "The zoogeographical distribution of the Heterosomata lat fishes. Between 1924 and 1925 he studied oceanography at the University of Liverpool, also serving as a lecturer in Zoology there. He returned to Cape Town in 1926 where he wa appointed as acting head of the Zoology Department following the death of Professor J.D.F. Gilchrist. He was appointed as Director of Fisheries and Government Marine Biologist in South Africa in 1928 when he was also seconded to the Conference ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arnoglossus Dalgleishi
The scaldfishes comprise a genus, ''Arnoglossus'', of lefteye flounders. They are found in the Pacific, Indian and Atlantic Oceans, including the Mediterranean and Black Sea. They are entirely absent from most of the Americas; the only exceptions are ''A. coeruleosticta'' and ''A. multirastris'' found off Chile. The genus include both species found in shallow and deeper water. The largest species reaches . in length. Species The 35 currently recognized species are: * ''Arnoglossus andrewsi'' Kurth, 1954 * '' Arnoglossus arabicus'' Norman, 1939 (Arabian flounder) * '' Arnoglossus armstrongi'' E. O. G. Scott, 1975 * '' Arnoglossus aspilos'' (Bleeker, 1851) (spotless lefteye flounder) * '' Arnoglossus bassensis'' Norman, 1926 (Bass Strait flounder) * '' Arnoglossus boops'' (Hector, 1875) * '' Arnoglossus brunneus'' ( Fowler, 1934) (brown lefteye flounder) * '' Arnoglossus capensis'' Boulenger, 1898 (Cape scaldfish) * '' Arnoglossus coeruleosticta'' ( Steindachner, 1898) * '' Arno ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franz Steindachner
Franz Steindachner (11 November 1834 in Vienna – 10 December 1919 in Vienna) was an Austrian Zoology, zoologist, ichthyologist, and herpetologist. He published over 200 papers on fishes and over 50 papers on reptiles and amphibians. Steindachner described hundreds of new species of fish and dozens of new amphibians and reptiles. At least seven species of reptile have been named after him. Work and career Being interested in natural history, Steindachner took up the study of fossil fishes on the recommendation of his friend Eduard Suess (1831–1914). In 1860 he was appointed to the position of director of the fish collection at the Naturhistorisches Museum, a position which had remained vacant since the death of Johann Jakob Heckel (1790–1857). (in German). Steindachner's reputation as an Ichthyology, ichthyologist grew, and in 1868 he was invited by Louis Agassiz (1807–1873) to accept a position at the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University. Steindachner took ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arnoglossus Coeruleosticta
The scaldfishes comprise a genus, ''Arnoglossus'', of lefteye flounders. They are found in the Pacific, Indian and Atlantic Oceans, including the Mediterranean and Black Sea. They are entirely absent from most of the Americas; the only exceptions are ''A. coeruleosticta'' and ''A. multirastris'' found off Chile. The genus include both species found in shallow and deeper water. The largest species reaches . in length. Species The 35 currently recognized species are: * ''Arnoglossus andrewsi'' Kurth, 1954 * '' Arnoglossus arabicus'' Norman, 1939 (Arabian flounder) * '' Arnoglossus armstrongi'' E. O. G. Scott, 1975 * '' Arnoglossus aspilos'' (Bleeker, 1851) (spotless lefteye flounder) * '' Arnoglossus bassensis'' Norman, 1926 (Bass Strait flounder) * '' Arnoglossus boops'' (Hector, 1875) * '' Arnoglossus brunneus'' ( Fowler, 1934) (brown lefteye flounder) * '' Arnoglossus capensis'' Boulenger, 1898 (Cape scaldfish) * '' Arnoglossus coeruleosticta'' ( Steindachner, 1898) * ''Arnog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Albert Boulenger
George Albert Boulenger (19 October 1858 – 23 November 1937) was a Belgian-British zoologist who described and gave scientific names to over 2,000 new animal species, chiefly fish, reptiles, and amphibians. Boulenger was also an active botanist during the last 30 years of his life, especially in the study of roses. Life Boulenger was born in Brussels, Belgium, the only son of Gustave Boulenger, a Belgian public notary, and Juliette Piérart, from Valenciennes. He graduated in 1876 from the Free University of Brussels with a degree in natural sciences, and worked for a while at the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels, as an assistant naturalist studying amphibians, reptiles, and fishes. He also made frequent visits during this time to the ''Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle'' in Paris and the British Museum in London. In 1880, he was invited to work at the Natural History Museum, then a department of the British Museum, by Dr. Albert C. L. G. Günther a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arnoglossus Capensis
The scaldfishes comprise a genus, ''Arnoglossus'', of lefteye flounders. They are found in the Pacific, Indian and Atlantic Oceans, including the Mediterranean and Black Sea. They are entirely absent from most of the Americas; the only exceptions are ''A. coeruleosticta'' and ''A. multirastris'' found off Chile. The genus include both species found in shallow and deeper water. The largest species reaches . in length. Species The 35 currently recognized species are: * ''Arnoglossus andrewsi'' Kurth, 1954 * '' Arnoglossus arabicus'' Norman, 1939 (Arabian flounder) * '' Arnoglossus armstrongi'' E. O. G. Scott, 1975 * '' Arnoglossus aspilos'' (Bleeker, 1851) (spotless lefteye flounder) * '' Arnoglossus bassensis'' Norman, 1926 (Bass Strait flounder) * '' Arnoglossus boops'' (Hector, 1875) * '' Arnoglossus brunneus'' ( Fowler, 1934) (brown lefteye flounder) * '' Arnoglossus capensis'' Boulenger, 1898 (Cape scaldfish) * ''Arnoglossus coeruleosticta'' (Steindachner, 1898) * ''Arnoglos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Weed Fowler
Henry Weed Fowler (March 23, 1878 – June 21, 1965) was an American zoologist born in Holmesburg, Pennsylvania. He studied at Stanford University under David Starr Jordan. He joined the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia and worked as an assistant from 1903 to 1922, associate curator of vertebrates from 1922 to 1934, curator of fish and reptiles from 1934 to 1940 and curator of fish from 1940 to 1965. He published material on numerous topics including crustaceans, birds, reptiles and amphibians, but his most important work was on fish. In 1927 he co-founded the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists and acted as treasurer until the end of 1927. In 1934 he went to Cuba, alongside Charles Cadwalader (president of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia), at the invitation of Ernest Hemingway to study billfishes, he stayed with Hemingway for six weeks and the three men developed a friendship which continued after this trip and Hemingway sent speci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arnoglossus Brunneus
The scaldfishes comprise a genus, ''Arnoglossus'', of lefteye flounders. They are found in the Pacific, Indian and Atlantic Oceans, including the Mediterranean and Black Sea. They are entirely absent from most of the Americas; the only exceptions are ''A. coeruleosticta'' and ''A. multirastris'' found off Chile. The genus include both species found in shallow and deeper water. The largest species reaches . in length. Species The 35 currently recognized species are: * ''Arnoglossus andrewsi'' Kurth, 1954 * '' Arnoglossus arabicus'' Norman, 1939 (Arabian flounder) * '' Arnoglossus armstrongi'' E. O. G. Scott, 1975 * '' Arnoglossus aspilos'' (Bleeker, 1851) (spotless lefteye flounder) * '' Arnoglossus bassensis'' Norman, 1926 (Bass Strait flounder) * '' Arnoglossus boops'' (Hector, 1875) * '' Arnoglossus brunneus'' ( Fowler, 1934) (brown lefteye flounder) * ''Arnoglossus capensis'' Boulenger, 1898 (Cape scaldfish) * ''Arnoglossus coeruleosticta'' (Steindachner, 1898) * ''Arnogloss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Hector
Sir James Hector (16 March 1834 – 6 November 1907) was a Scottish-New Zealand geologist, naturalist, and surgeon who accompanied the Palliser Expedition as a surgeon and geologist. He went on to have a lengthy career as a government employed man of science in New Zealand, and during this period he dominated the Colony's scientific institutions in a way that no single man has since. Early life He was born at 11 Danube Street in Stockbridge, Edinburgh the son of Alexander Hector WS and his wife, Margaret Macrostie. He attended the Edinburgh Academy from 1844 to 1845. At 14, he began articles as an actuary at his father's office. He joined University of Edinburgh as a medical student and received his medical degree in 1856 at the age of 22. Palliser expedition Shortly after receiving his medical degree, upon the recommendation of Sir Roderick Murchison – director-general of the British Geological Survey – Hector was appointed geologist on the Palliser Expedition under ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
