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Arothron Carduus Drawing
''Arothron'' is a genus in the pufferfish family Tetraodontidae found in warm parts of the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Ocean. These species are sometimes kept in aquaria. The largest species is ''A. stellatus'', which can reach in length. Species There are currently 14 recognized species in this genus:Eschmeyer, W. N., R. Fricke, and R. van der Laan, eds. (20 December 2016)Catalog of Fishes!-- search "Arothron" -->. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 20 December 2016. * ''Arothron caeruleopunctatus'' Matsuura, 1994 (Blue-spotted puffer) * ''Arothron carduus'' (Cantor, 1849) * ''Arothron diadematus'' ( Rüppell, 1829) (Masked puffer) * '' Arothron firmamentum'' (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850) (Starry puffer) * ''Arothron gillbanksii'' (Clarke, 1897) * ''Arothron hispidus'' (Linnaeus, 1758) (White-spotted puffer) * ''Arothron immaculatus'' (Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801) (Immaculate puffer) * '' Arothron inconditus'' J. L. B. Smith, 1958 (Belly-striped puffer) * ''Arothron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Narrow-lined Puffer
The narrow-lined pufferfish (''Arothron manilensis'') is a demersal marine fish belonging to the family Tetraodontidae. Description ''Arothron manilensis'' is a small sized fish which grows up to 31 cm length. Its body is oval shape, spherical et relatively elongated. The skin is not covered with scales. The fish has no pelvic fin and no lateral line. The dorsal fin and the anal fin are small, symmetric and located at the end of the body. Its snout is short with two pairs of nostrils and its mouth is terminal with four strong teeth. The background coloration is whitish to grey with brown horizontal lines, all the fins are yellowish and semi-translucide except the caudal fin which is opaque and outlined with black. Black blotch more or less circular at the base of the pectoral fin. The iris is also yellowish Distribution and habitat This species is found in tropical waters of the central Indo-Pacific. It lives in estuaries, on the sheltered top reef or lagoons from the sur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arothron Hispidus
The white-spotted puffer fish (''Arothron hispidus'') is a medium to large-sized puffer fish, it can reach 50 cm length. It is light grey in color, or greyish or yellowish, and clearly covered with more or less regular white points, that become concentric contrasting white and dark grey lines that radiate around the eyes and pectoral fins. The ventral part is white. The "shoulder" (around the pectoral fins) is dark. It also has concentric contrasting white and dark grey lines that radiate around the eyes and pectoral fins. The white spotted puffer fish is poisonous. Image:Arothron hispidus 1.jpg Image:Arothron hispidus Réunion.jpg Image:Arothron hispidus Maldives.jpg Image:Arothron hispidus at Alexandria Aquarium by Hatem Moushir 2.JPG Its distribution extends through the Indo-Pacific area, Red Sea included, to the eastern Pacific Ocean. A confirmed record was reported recently from the eastern Mediterranean Sea off Cyprus.Atlas of Exotic Fishes in the Mediterranean Sea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernard Germain Étienne De La Ville-sur-Illon, Comte De Lacépède
Bernard (''Bernhard'') is a French and West Germanic masculine given name. It is also a surname. The name is attested from at least the 9th century. West Germanic ''Bernhard'' is composed from the two elements ''bern'' "bear" and ''hard'' "brave, hardy". Its native Old English reflex was ''Beornheard'', which was replaced by the French form ''Bernard'' that was brought to England after the Norman Conquest. The name ''Bernhard'' was notably popular among Old Frisian speakers. Its wider use was popularized due to Saint Bernhard of Clairvaux (canonized in 1174). Bernard is the second most common surname in France. Geographical distribution As of 2014, 42.2% of all known bearers of the surname ''Bernard'' were residents of France (frequency 1:392), 12.5% of the United States (1:7,203), 7.0% of Haiti (1:382), 6.6% of Tanzania (1:1,961), 4.8% of Canada (1:1,896), 3.6% of Nigeria (1:12,221), 2.7% of Burundi (1:894), 1.9% of Belgium (1:1,500), 1.6% of Rwanda (1:1,745), 1.2% of Germany (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arothron Meleagris
''Arothron meleagris'', commonly known as the guineafowl puffer or golden puffer, is a pufferfish from the Indo-Pacific, and Eastern Pacific. It is occasionally harvested for the aquarium trade. It reaches 50 cm in length. Guineafowl puffers have heavy rounded bodies that are uniformly black with numerous small white spots (black puffer or ''botete negro''), bright yellow spots (golden puffer or ''botete dorado'') or a mixture of the two morphologies with bright yellow spots and black patches. They have large blunt heads with short snouts and are equipped with a set of massive teeth. They have small and similarly shaped anal and dorsal fins that are well back on their body. Their caudal fin base is long and deep and their caudal fin is rounded. Their body is covered with small denticles that resemble coarse sandpaper. When this fish is scared or frightened, they inflate and make themselves larger, exposing the denticles. File:Arothron meleagris 1.jpg , Yellow form File:Ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
René Primevère Lesson
René (''born again'' or ''reborn'' in French) is a common first name in French-speaking, Spanish-speaking, and German-speaking countries. It derives from the Latin name Renatus. René is the masculine form of the name (Renée being the feminine form). In some non-Francophone countries, however, there exists the habit of giving the name René (sometimes spelled without an accent) to girls as well as boys. In addition, both forms are used as surnames (family names). René as a first name given to boys in the United States reached its peaks in popularity in 1969 and 1983 when it ranked 256th. Since 1983 its popularity has steadily declined and it ranked 881st in 2016. René as a first name given to girls in the United States reached its peak in popularity in 1962 when it ranked 306th. The last year for which René was ranked in the top 1000 names given to girls in the United States was 1988. Persons with the given name * René, Duke of Anjou (1409–1480), titular king of Naples ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arothron Mappa
''Arothron'' is a genus in the pufferfish family Tetraodontidae found in warm parts of the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Ocean. These species are sometimes kept in aquaria. The largest species is ''A. stellatus'', which can reach in length. Species There are currently 14 recognized species in this genus:Eschmeyer, W. N., R. Fricke, and R. van der Laan, eds. (20 December 2016)Catalog of Fishes!-- search "Arothron" -->. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 20 December 2016. * ''Arothron caeruleopunctatus'' Matsuura, 1994 (Blue-spotted puffer) * ''Arothron carduus'' (Cantor, 1849) * ''Arothron diadematus'' ( Rüppell, 1829) (Masked puffer) * '' Arothron firmamentum'' (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850) (Starry puffer) * ''Arothron gillbanksii'' (Clarke, 1897) * ''Arothron hispidus'' (Linnaeus, 1758) (White-spotted puffer) * ''Arothron immaculatus'' (Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801) (Immaculate puffer) * '' Arothron inconditus'' J. L. B. Smith, 1958 (Belly-striped puffer) * ''Arothron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arothron Manilensis
''Arothron'' is a genus in the pufferfish family Tetraodontidae found in warm parts of the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Ocean. These species are sometimes kept in aquaria. The largest species is ''A. stellatus'', which can reach in length. Species There are currently 14 recognized species in this genus:Eschmeyer, W. N., R. Fricke, and R. van der Laan, eds. (20 December 2016)Catalog of Fishes!-- search "Arothron" -->. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 20 December 2016. * ''Arothron caeruleopunctatus'' Matsuura, 1994 (Blue-spotted puffer) * ''Arothron carduus'' (Cantor, 1849) * ''Arothron diadematus'' ( Rüppell, 1829) (Masked puffer) * '' Arothron firmamentum'' (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850) (Starry puffer) * ''Arothron gillbanksii'' (Clarke, 1897) * ''Arothron hispidus'' (Linnaeus, 1758) (White-spotted puffer) * ''Arothron immaculatus'' ( Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801) (Immaculate puffer) * '' Arothron inconditus'' J. L. B. Smith, 1958 (Belly-striped puffer) * '' Arot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arothron Leopardus
''Arothron leopardus'', known as the banded leopardblowfish, is a species of pufferfish in the family Tetraodontidae. It is a tropical marine species native to the Indian Ocean, where it is known from India, although its status as a species is uncertain and FishBase has stated that more references are needed to confirm its classification. References leopardus ''Leopardus'' is a genus comprising eight species of small cats native to the Americas. This genus is considered the oldest branch of a genetic lineage of small cats in the Americas whose common ancestor crossed the Bering land bridge from Asia ... Fish described in 1878 {{Tetraodontiformes-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Leonard Brierley Smith
James Leonard Brierley Smith (26 September 1897 – 8 January 1968) was a South African ichthyologist, organic chemist, and university professor. He was the first to identify a taxidermied fish as a coelacanth, at the time thought to be long extinct. Early life Born in Graaff-Reinet, 26 September 1897, Smith was the elder of two sons of Joseph Smith and his wife, Emily Ann Beck. Educated at country schools at Noupoort, De Aar, and Aliwal North, he finally matriculated in 1914 from the Diocesan College, Rondebosch. He obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in chemistry from the University of the Cape of Good Hope in 1916 and a Master of Science degree in chemistry at Stellenbosch University in 1918. Smith went to the United Kingdom, where he received his PhD at Cambridge University in 1922. After returning to South Africa, he became senior lecturer and later an associate professor of organic chemistry at Rhodes University in Grahamstown. From 1922 to 1937, he was married to Henriet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bellystriped Blaasop
The bellystriped blaasop (''Arothron inconditus'') is a species of pufferfish that grows up to 40 cm and lives in South Africa. Distribution and habitat ''A. inconditus'' lives in waters from 1 to 20 meters deep. It is native to South Africa, living in subtropical environments, in sandstone tide pools, beaches, and river mouths. Ecology It is a colonial sessile insectivore. The juveniles of this species are 36–65 mm in length. It is an oviparous fish. Conservation It occurs in at least one marine protected area, yet it still has threats elsewhere, including pollution, climate change, residential development, and commercial development, so it is listed as Vulnerable by the IUCN Red List The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species, also known as the IUCN Red List or Red Data Book, founded in 1964, is the world's most comprehensive inventory of the global conservation status of biol .... References {{Tax ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johann Gottlob Theaenus Schneider
Johann Gottlob Theaenus Schneider (18 January 1750 – 12 January 1822) was a German classicist and naturalist. Biography Schneider was born at Collm in Saxony. In 1774, on the recommendation of Christian Gottlob Heine, he became secretary to the famous Strasbourg scholar Richard François Brunck, and in 1811 became professor of ancient languages and eloquence at Breslau (chief librarian, 1816) where he died in 1822. Works Of his numerous works the most important was his ''Kritisches griechisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch'' (1797–1798), the first independent work of the kind since Stephanus's ''Thesaurus'', and the basis of F. Passow's and all succeeding Greek lexicons (including, therefore, the contemporary standard '' A Greek-English Lexicon''). A special improvement was the introduction of words and expressions connected with natural history and science. In 1801 he corrected and expanded re-published Marcus Elieser Bloch's ''Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
