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Chaenophryne
''Chaenophryne'' is a genus of dreamer fish (Oneirodidae). The generic name derives from the Greek words (, "gape") and (, "toad"). Species There are currently five recognized species in this genus: * '' Chaenophryne draco'' Beebe, 1932 (Smooth-headed dreamer) * '' Chaenophryne longiceps'' Regan, 1925 (Can-opener smooth-headed dreamer) * '' Chaenophryne melanorhabdus'' Regan & Trewavas, 1932 * '' Chaenophryne quasiramifera'' Pietsch, 2007 * '' Chaenophryne ramifera'' Regan The family name Regan, along with its cognates O'Regan, O Regan, Reagan, and O'Reagan, is an Anglicized form of the Irish surname Ó Riagáin or Ó Ríogáin, from Ua Riagáin. The meaning is likely to have originated in ancient Gaelic ''ri'' ... & Trewavas, 1932 References Oneirodidae Marine fish genera Taxa named by Charles Tate Regan {{Lophiiformes-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chaenophryne Longiceps
''Chaenophryne longiceps'', commonly known as the can-opener smoothdream, longhead dreamer or smooth-head dreamer, is a species of anglerfish in the family Oneirodidae (dreamers). Description ''Chaenophryne longiceps'' is known for its monstrous appearance: inky black in colour with sharp pointed teeth (28–40 in upper jaw, 34–57 in lower) and (in females) a pointed lure (esca) protruding from its forehead. The maximum length of females is ; the males are about and attach themselves to the female with special denticles, but are not parasitic. It has 6–8 dorsal soft rays and 5–6 anal soft rays. Its specific name, ''longiceps'', means "long head." Habitat ''Chaenophryne longiceps'' is bathypelagic, living at depths of in tropical to temperate parts of all the earth's oceans. In 2010 it was found off Greenland for the first time. Behaviour Feeds on fish, cephalopods and crustacean Crustaceans (Crustacea, ) form a large, diverse arthropod taxon which includes such a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chaenophryne Melanorhabdus
''Chaenophryne'' is a genus of dreamer fish (Oneirodidae). The generic name derives from the Greek words (, "gape") and (, "toad"). Species There are currently five recognized species in this genus: * '' Chaenophryne draco'' Beebe, 1932 (Smooth-headed dreamer) * ''Chaenophryne longiceps'' Regan, 1925 (Can-opener smooth-headed dreamer) * '' Chaenophryne melanorhabdus'' Regan & Trewavas, 1932 * '' Chaenophryne quasiramifera'' Pietsch, 2007 * '' Chaenophryne ramifera'' Regan The family name Regan, along with its cognates O'Regan, O Regan, Reagan, and O'Reagan, is an Anglicized form of the Irish surname Ó Riagáin or Ó Ríogáin, from Ua Riagáin. The meaning is likely to have originated in ancient Gaelic ''ri'' ... & Trewavas, 1932 References Oneirodidae Marine fish genera Taxa named by Charles Tate Regan {{Lophiiformes-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chaenophryne Quasiramifera
''Chaenophryne'' is a genus of dreamer fish (Oneirodidae). The generic name derives from the Greek words (, "gape") and (, "toad"). Species There are currently five recognized species in this genus: * '' Chaenophryne draco'' Beebe, 1932 (Smooth-headed dreamer) * ''Chaenophryne longiceps'' Regan, 1925 (Can-opener smooth-headed dreamer) * ''Chaenophryne melanorhabdus'' Regan & Trewavas, 1932 * '' Chaenophryne quasiramifera'' Pietsch, 2007 * '' Chaenophryne ramifera'' Regan The family name Regan, along with its cognates O'Regan, O Regan, Reagan, and O'Reagan, is an Anglicized form of the Irish surname Ó Riagáin or Ó Ríogáin, from Ua Riagáin. The meaning is likely to have originated in ancient Gaelic ''ri'' ... & Trewavas, 1932 References Oneirodidae Marine fish genera Taxa named by Charles Tate Regan {{Lophiiformes-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chaenophryne Ramifera
''Chaenophryne'' is a genus of dreamer fish (Oneirodidae). The generic name derives from the Greek words (, "gape") and (, "toad"). Species There are currently five recognized species in this genus: * '' Chaenophryne draco'' Beebe, 1932 (Smooth-headed dreamer) * ''Chaenophryne longiceps'' Regan, 1925 (Can-opener smooth-headed dreamer) * ''Chaenophryne melanorhabdus'' Regan & Trewavas, 1932 * ''Chaenophryne quasiramifera'' Pietsch, 2007 * '' Chaenophryne ramifera'' Regan The family name Regan, along with its cognates O'Regan, O Regan, Reagan, and O'Reagan, is an Anglicized form of the Irish surname Ó Riagáin or Ó Ríogáin, from Ua Riagáin. The meaning is likely to have originated in ancient Gaelic ''ri'' ... & Trewavas, 1932 References Oneirodidae Marine fish genera Taxa named by Charles Tate Regan {{Lophiiformes-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chaenophryne Draco
''Chaenophryne draco'' (smooth dreamer, or smooth-headed dreamer) is a species of dreamer in the family Onierodidae. It is found in tropical and subtropical oceans worldwide at a depth of 350 to 1750 meters. Description ''Chaenophryne draco'' is a small fish. Its size range is unknown, but is thought to grow from 8.3 to 12.3 centimeters in length based on two unsexed individuals and one female individual. It has the largest ratio of the number of upper jaw teeth to lower jaw teeth of any species in its genus. References Sa-a, Pascualita: Chaenophryne draco, fishbase.org, modified by Pablico, Grace Tolentino {{Taxonbar, from=Q1812368 Oneirodidae Fish described in 193 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lophiiformes
The anglerfish are fish of the teleost order Lophiiformes (). They are bony fish named for their characteristic mode of predation, in which a modified luminescent fin ray (the esca or illicium) acts as a lure for other fish. The luminescence comes from symbiotic bacteria, which are thought to be acquired from seawater, that dwell in and around the sea. Some anglerfish are notable for extreme sexual dimorphism and sexual symbiosis of the small male with the much larger female, seen in the suborder Ceratioidei, the deep sea anglerfish. In these species, males may be several orders of magnitude smaller than females. Anglerfish occur worldwide. Some are pelagic (dwelling away from the sea floor), while others are benthic (dwelling close to the sea floor). Some live in the deep sea (such as the Ceratiidae), while others on the continental shelf, such as the frogfishes and the Lophiidae (monkfish or goosefish). Pelagic forms are most often laterally compressed, whereas the ben ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oneirodidae
The dreamers are a family, Oneirodidae, of deep-sea anglerfishes in the order Lophiiformes. They are the largest and most diverse group of deep-sea anglerfish, and also the least well known with 16 genera represented by only one, two, or three female specimens.Pietsch, Theodore W. and Kenaley, Christopher P. (2005)Oneirodidae. Dreamers.Version 5 November 2005 (under construction)The Tree of Life Web Project There are sixty-two species within the family, and that contains more females than males. They are found in deep, temperate waters around the world. They are small fish, the largest species only growing to about in total length Fish measurement is the measuring of individual fish and various parts of their anatomies. These data are used in many areas of ichthyology, including taxonomy and fisheries biology. Overall length * Standard length (SL) is the length of a fish .... The largest female size that is known is about 370-mm and the largest known male is 16.5 mm. Fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Animalia
Animals are multicellular, eukaryotic organisms in the biological kingdom Animalia. With few exceptions, animals consume organic material, breathe oxygen, are able to move, can reproduce sexually, and go through an ontogenetic stage in which their body consists of a hollow sphere of cells, the blastula, during embryonic development. Over 1.5 million living animal species have been described—of which around 1 million are insects—but it has been estimated there are over 7 million animal species in total. Animals range in length from to . They have complex interactions with each other and their environments, forming intricate food webs. The scientific study of animals is known as zoology. Most living animal species are in Bilateria, a clade whose members have a bilaterally symmetric body plan. The Bilateria include the protostomes, containing animals such as nematodes, arthropods, flatworms, annelids and molluscs, and the deuterostomes, containing the echinode ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chordata
A chordate () is an animal of the phylum Chordata (). All chordates possess, at some point during their larval or adult stages, five synapomorphies, or primary physical characteristics, that distinguish them from all the other taxa. These five synapomorphies include a notochord, dorsal hollow nerve cord, endostyle or thyroid, pharyngeal slits, and a post-anal tail. The name “chordate” comes from the first of these synapomorphies, the notochord, which plays a significant role in chordate structure and movement. Chordates are also Bilateral symmetry, bilaterally symmetric, have a coelom, possess a circulatory system, and exhibit Metameric, metameric segmentation. In addition to the morphological characteristics used to define chordates, analysis of genome sequences has identified two conserved signature indels (CSIs) in their proteins: cyclophilin-like protein and mitochondrial inner membrane protease ATP23, which are exclusively shared by all vertebrates, tunicates and cep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Actinopterygii
Actinopterygii (; ), members of which are known as ray-finned fishes, is a class of bony fish. They comprise over 50% of living vertebrate species. The ray-finned fishes are so called because their fins are webs of skin supported by bony or horny spines (rays), as opposed to the fleshy, lobed fins that characterize the class Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fish). These actinopterygian fin rays attach directly to the proximal or basal skeletal elements, the radials, which represent the link or connection between these fins and the internal skeleton (e.g., pelvic and pectoral girdles). By species count, actinopterygians dominate the vertebrates, and they constitute nearly 99% of the over 30,000 species of fish. They are ubiquitous throughout freshwater and marine environments from the deep sea to the highest mountain streams. Extant species can range in size from ''Paedocypris'', at , to the massive ocean sunfish, at , and the long-bodied oarfish, at . The vast majority of Actinopt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Tate Regan
Charles Tate Regan FRS (1 February 1878 – 12 January 1943) was a British ichthyologist, working mainly around the beginning of the 20th century. He did extensive work on fish classification schemes. Born in Sherborne, Dorset, he was educated at Derby School and Queens' College, Cambridge and in 1901 joined the staff of the Natural History Museum, where he became Keeper of Zoology, and later director of the entire museum, in which role he served from 1927 to 1938. Regan was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1917. Regan mentored a number of scientists, among them Ethelwynn Trewavas, who continued his work at the British Natural History Museum. Species Among the species he described is the Siamese fighting fish (''Betta splendens''). In turn, a number of fish species have been named ''regani'' in his honour: *A Thorny Catfish '' Anadoras regani'' (Steindachner, 1908) *The Dwarf Cichlid '' Apistogramma regani'' *'' Apogon regani'' *A Catfish '' Astroblepus regani'' * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toad
Toad is a common name for certain frogs, especially of the family Bufonidae, that are characterized by dry, leathery skin, short legs, and large bumps covering the parotoid glands. A distinction between frogs and toads is not made in scientific taxonomy, but is common in popular culture (folk taxonomy), in which toads are associated with drier, rougher skin and more terrestrial habitats. List of toad families In scientific taxonomy, toads include the true toads (Bufonidae) and various other terrestrial or warty-skinned frogs. Non-bufonid "toads" can be found in the families: * Bombinatoridae ( fire-bellied toads and jungle toads) * Calyptocephalellidae (helmeted water toad and false toads) * Discoglossidae ( midwife toads) * Myobatrachidae (Australian toadlets) * Pelobatidae (European spadefoot toad) * Rhinophrynidae ( burrowing toads) * Scaphiopodidae (American spadefoot toads) * Microhylidae ( narrowmouth toads) Biology Usually the largest of the bumps on the skin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
