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Bembridae
Bembridae, the deep-water flatheads, are a family of bottom-dwelling ray-finned fishes. They are found in the Indian and western Pacific Oceans. Taxonomy Bembridae was first proposed as a family in 1873 by the German zoologist Johann Jakob Kaup. The 5th edition of ''Fishes of the World'' classifies this family within the suborder Platycephaloidei in the order Scorpaeniformes. Other authorities differ and do not consider the Scorpaeniformes to be a valid order because the Perciformes is not monophyletic without the taxa within the Scorpaeniformes being included within it. These authorities consider the Bembridae to belong to the suborder Platycephaloidei, along with the families Parabembridae, Hoplichthyidae, Platycephalidae and Plectrogeniidae within the Perciformes. This family is thought to be more primitive than their close relatives, the true flatheads. Despite the common name, their heads are only slightly flattened and have spiny ridges. Genera Bembridae contains 5 re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parabembras
''Parabembras'' is a genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Bembridae, the deepwater flatheads, although they are sufficiently different from the other genera in that family to be classified as their own family, Parabembradidae, by some authorities. These fishes are found in the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. Taxonomy ''Parabembras'' was first described as a genus in 1874 by the Dutch physician, herpetologist and ichthyologist Pieter Bleeker as a monotypic genus with its only species being ''Bembras curtus''. which had been described in 1843 by Temminck and Schlegel from Nagasaki. The 5th edition of Fishes of the World places ''Parabembras'' in the family Bembridae with the other deepwater flatheads but other authorities classify it within its own monotypic family, the Parabembradidae. Parabembradidae was first proposed as a family in 1925, with the name then being Parabembridae, by the American ichthyologists David Starr Jordan and Carl Leavitt Hubb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bembradium Roseum
''Bembradium'' is a genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Bembridae, the deepwater flatheads. These fishes are found in the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. Taxonomy ''Bembradium'' was first proposed as a genus by the American ichthyologist Charles Henry Gilbert in 1905 when he described the new species, ''Bembradium roseum'', from the Pailolo channel in the Hawaiian Islands. He designated his new species as the type species of the new monotypic genus. Subsequently the French ichthyologists Pierre Fourmanoir and Jacques Rivaton described a second species, ''B. furici'', from the Isle of Pines in the Province Sud on Grande Terre in New Caledonia in 1979. In 2019 a third species was described from the Andaman Sea. In the 5th edition of ''Fishes of the World'' the genus is classified within the family Bembridae, the deep water flatheads. Other authorities classify the genus in the family Plectrogeniidae. Species There are currently 3 recognized spe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bembradium
''Bembradium'' is a genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Bembridae, the deepwater flatheads. These fishes are found in the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. Taxonomy ''Bembradium'' was first proposed as a genus by the American ichthyologist Charles Henry Gilbert in 1905 when he described the new species, ''Bembradium roseum'', from the Pailolo channel in the Hawaiian Islands. He designated his new species as the type species of the new monotypic genus. Subsequently the French ichthyologists Pierre Fourmanoir and Jacques Rivaton described a second species, ''B. furici'', from the Isle of Pines in the Province Sud on Grande Terre in New Caledonia in 1979. In 2019 a third species was described from the Andaman Sea. In the 5th edition of ''Fishes of the World'' the genus is classified within the family Bembridae, the deep water flatheads. Other authorities classify the genus in the family Plectrogeniidae. Species There are currently 3 recognized spe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bembras
''Bembras'' is a genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Bembridae, the deepwater flatheads. These fishes are found in the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. Taxonomy ''Bembras'' was first proposed as a monotypic genus in 1829 by the French zoologist George Cuvier when he described ''Bembras japonica'' from Japan. Cuvier did not explain the etymology of ''Bembras'', however, it is thought that it may come from an ancient Greek word for some sort of small fish, such as anchovy, sprat or smelt. which at least dates as far back as Aristotle. Cuvier applied this type of name to other genera he put forward, such as ''Synodontis'', ''Salanx'' or ''Premnas''. Species There are currently seven recognized species in this genus: * '' Bembras adenensis'' Imamura & L. W. Knapp, 1997 * '' Bembras andamanensis'' Imamura, Psomadakis & Thein, 2018 * '' Bembras japonica'' G. Cuvier, 1829 * '' Bembras leslieknappi'' Imamura, Psomadakis & Thein, 2018 * '' Bembras longi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brachybembras
anal fin ''Brachybembras'' is monotypic genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Bembridae, the deepwater flatheads. Its only species, ''Brachybembras aschemeieri'', is known only from the Pacific Ocean around the Philippines where it is found at a depth of around . Taxonomy ''Brachybembras'' was first described as a genus in 1938 by the American zoologist Henry Weed Fowler when he described its only species ''B. aschemieri''. The type locality of ''B. aschemieri'' was given as off Jolo Light, near Jolo in the Philippines. Etymology The genus name combines ''brachy'', “short”, with ''Bembras'' as this taxon has a shorter snout than ''Bembras''. The specific name honours Charles R. W. Aschemeier (1892-1973), a taxidermist at the U.S. National Museum of Natural History. Characteristics ''Brachybembras'' has no spines in the anal fin, a terminal lower jaw which does not protrude beyond the upper jaw and having the maxillae being relatively wide to its rear. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bambradon
''Bambradon'' is a monotypic genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Bembridae, the deepwater flatheads. Its only species, ''Bambradon laevis'', is found in the northwestern Pacific Ocean off Japan. Taxonomy ''Bambradon'' has a single species, ''B' laevis'' which was first formally described in 1887 as ''Bembras laevis'' by the Swedish veterinarian Edvard Nyström in his publication of the collection of fishes from Japan held in the zoological museum of Uppsala University with its type locality given as Nagasaki. In 1908 the American ichthyologists David Starr Jordan and Robert Earl Richardson placed ''B. laevis'' in the monotypic genus ''Bambradon'' within the family Bembridae. The genus name is an ancient Greek word for a type of small fish, thought to be applied by Jordan and Richardson to emulate Georges Cuvier’s etymology for ''Bembras''. The specific name ''laevis'' means "smooth", alluding to the smooth top pf the head of this species, lacking spines and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Platycephaloidei
Platycephaloidei is a suborder of ray-finned fishes, part of the order Scorpaeniformes, and includes the flatheads, ghost flatheads and sea robins. Taxonomy Platycephaloidei was first recognised and named as a taxonomic grouping in 1943 by the Japanese ichthyologist Kiyomatsu Matsubara. The 5th edition of '' Fishes of the World'' classifies this group as a suborder within the Scorpaeniformes. Other authorities classify the families that make up Patycephaloidei in the 5th edition of ''Fishes of the World'' as two suborders; the Platycephaloidei, consisting of the families Bembridae, Parabembridae (separated from Bembridae), Platycephalidae, Hoplichthyidae and Plectrogeniidae (treated as a subfamily of Scorpaenidae in ''Fishes of the World'') and the Trigloidei, including the families Triglidae and Peristediidae. The name of the suborder is taken from that of the type genus ''Platycephalus'' which means "flat head". Families and subfamilies The following families and subfami ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Platycephalidae
The Platycephalidae are a family of marine fish, most commonly referred to as flatheads. They are relatives of the popular lionfish, belonging to the order Scorpaeniformes. Taxonomy Platycephalidae was first proposed as a family in 1839 by the English naturalist William John Swainson. The 5th edition of ''Fishes of the World'' classifies this family within the suborder Platycephaloidei in the order Scorpaeniformes. Other authorities differ and do not consider the Scorpaeniformes to be a valid order because the Perciformes is not monophyletic without the taxa within the Scorpaeniformes being included within it. These authorities consider the Platycephalidae to belong to the suborder Platycephaloidei, along with the families Bembridae, Parabembridae, Hoplichthyidae and Plectrogeniidae within the Perciformes. Genera Platycephalidae has the following genera classified within it: Platycephalidae has been divided into as many as 5 subfamilies by some authors but Fishes of the Wor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hoplichthys
''Hoplichthys'', the ghost flatheads, is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans. This genus is the only member of the family Hoplichthyidae. Taxonomy Hoplichthys was first proposed as a monotypic genus in 1829 by the French zoologist Georges Cuvier when he described its type species, and only species at that time, ''H. langsdorfi'' from Japan. In 1873 the German naturalist Johann Jakob Kaup considered that the genus ''Hoplichthys'' was so different from other "flathead" taxa that it merited placing in a monogeneric family, the Hoplichthyidae. The 5th edition of ''Fishes of the World'' classifies this family within the suborder Platycephaloidei in the order Scorpaeniformes. Other authorities differ and do not consider the Scorpaeniformes to be a valid order because the Perciformes is not monophyletic without the taxa within the Scorpaeniformes being included within it. These authorities consider the Platycephalidae to belong to the suborder Pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perciformes
Perciformes (), also called the Percomorpha or Acanthopteri, is an order or superorder of ray-finned fish. If considered a single order, they are the most numerous order of vertebrates, containing about 41% of all bony fish. Perciformes means "perch-like". Perciformes is an Order within the Clade Percomorpha consisting of "perch-like" Percomorphans. This group comprises over 10,000 species found in almost all aquatic ecosystems. The order contains about 160 families, which is the most of any order within the vertebrates. It is also the most variably sized order of vertebrates, ranging from the ''Schindleria brevipinguis'' to the marlin in the genus ''Makaira''. They first appeared and diversified in the Late Cretaceous. Among the well-known members of this group are perch and darters (Percidae), sea bass and groupers (Serranidae). Characteristics The dorsal and anal fins are divided into anterior spiny and posterior soft-rayed portions, which may be partially or compl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scorpaeniformes
The Scorpaeniformes are a diverse order of ray-finned fish, including the lionfishes and sculpins, but have also been called the Scleroparei. It is one of the five largest orders of bony fishes by number of species, with over 1,320. They are known as "mail-cheeked" fishes due to their distinguishing characteristic, the suborbital stay: a backwards extension of the third circumorbital bone (part of the lateral head/cheek skeleton, below the eye socket) across the cheek to the pre operculum, to which it is connected in most species. Scorpaeniform fishes are carnivorous, mostly feeding on crustaceans and on smaller fish. Most species live on the sea bottom in relatively shallow waters, although species are known from deep water, from the midwater, and even from fresh water. They typically have spiny heads, and rounded pectoral and caudal fins. Most species are less than in length, but the full size range of the order varies from the velvetfishes belonging to the family Aploactin ... [...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] |
