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Bostrychus Strigogenys
''Bostrychus'' is a genus of fishes in the family Butidae mostly native to eastern Asia to Australia with one species being found along the Atlantic coast of Africa. While some of these species are restricted to freshwater, most can be found in marine, fresh and brackish waters. Species There are currently nine recognized species in this genus: * '' Bostrychus africanus'' (Steindachner, 1879) * '' Bostrychus albooculata'' ( Herre, 1927) * '' Bostrychus aruensis'' M. C. W. Weber, 1911 (Island gudgeon) * '' Bostrychus expatria'' ( Herre, 1927) * ''Bostrychus microphthalmus'' Hoese & Kottelat, 2005 * ''Bostrychus scalaris'' Larson, 2008 (Ladder gudgeon) * '' Bostrychus sinensis'' Lacépède, 1801 (Four-eyed sleeper) * '' Bostrychus strigogenys'' Nichols Nichols may refer to: People *Nichols (surname) *Nichol, a surname Places Canada * Nichols Islands, Nunavut United States * Nichols, California, an unincorporated community * Nichols Canyon, Los Angeles, California * Nic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernard Germain De Lacépède
Bernard-Germain-Étienne de La Ville-sur-Illon, comte de Lacépède or La Cépède (; 26 December 17566 October 1825) was a French naturalist and an active freemason. He is known for his contribution to the Comte de Buffon's great work, the ''Histoire Naturelle''. Biography Lacépède was born at Agen in Guienne. His education was carefully conducted by his father, and the early perusal of Buffon's Natural History ('' Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière'') awakened his interest in that branch of study, which absorbed his chief attention. His leisure he devoted to music, in which, besides becoming a good performer on the piano and organ, he acquired considerable mastery of composition, two of his operas (which were never published) meeting with the high approval of Gluck; in 1781–1785 he also brought out in two volumes his ''Poétique de la musique''. Meantime he wrote two treatises, ''Essai sur l'électricité'' (1781) and ''Physique générale et particuliè ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
