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Clinids
Clinidae is a family of marine fish in the order Blenniiformes within the series Ovalentaria, part of the Percomorpha . Temperate blennies, the family ranges from the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans, in both the Southern and Northern Hemispheres. The family contains about 86 species in 20 genera, the 60-cm-long giant kelpfish (''Heterostichus rostratus'') being the largest; most are far smaller. With small cycloid scales, clinoid blennies may have a deep or slender build; some members of the family bear the name "snake blenny" and "eel blenny" for this reason. Dorsal spines outnumber soft rays; two spines are in the anal fin. Like many other blennies, clinids possess whisker-like structures on their heads called cirri. The majority of species possesses rich, highly variable colouration in shades of reddish-brown to olive, often with cryptic patterns; this suits the lifestyle of clinid blennies, which frequent areas of dense weed or kelp. Generally staying within intertidal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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The giant kelpfish (''Heterostichus rostratus'') is a species of clinid native to the west coast of North America, where it is found from California to southern Baja California. It inhabits rocky areas with kelp and other large seaweeds. Its diet consists of small crustaceans, mollusks, and fishes. This species can reach a maximum total length of , and has been reported to live for 4 years. It can also be found in the aquarium trade. It is currently the only known member of its genus. References {{Taxonbar, from=Q2670802 giant kelpfish Western North American coastal fauna giant kelpfish The giant kelpfish (''Heterostichus rostratus'') is a species of clinid native to the west coast of North America, where it is found from California to southern Baja California. It inhabits rocky areas with kelp and other large seaweeds. Its die ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greek Language
Greek ( el, label=Modern Greek, Ελληνικά, Elliniká, ; grc, Ἑλληνική, Hellēnikḗ) is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages, native to Greece, Cyprus, southern Italy (Calabria and Salento), southern Albania, and other regions of the Balkans, the Black Sea coast, Asia Minor, and the Eastern Mediterranean. It has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning at least 3,400 years of written records. Its writing system is the Greek alphabet, which has been used for approximately 2,800 years; previously, Greek was recorded in writing systems such as Linear B and the Cypriot syllabary. The alphabet arose from the Phoenician script and was in turn the basis of the Latin, Cyrillic, Armenian, Coptic, Gothic, and many other writing systems. The Greek language holds a very important place in the history of the Western world. Beginning with the epics of Homer, ancient Greek literature includes many works of lasting impo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georges Cuvier
Jean Léopold Nicolas Frédéric, Baron Cuvier (; 23 August 1769 – 13 May 1832), known as Georges Cuvier, was a French natural history, naturalist and zoology, zoologist, sometimes referred to as the "founding father of paleontology". Cuvier was a major figure in natural sciences research in the early 19th century and was instrumental in establishing the fields of comparative anatomy and paleontology through his work in comparing living animals with fossils. Cuvier's work is considered the foundation of vertebrate paleontology, and he expanded Linnaean taxonomy by grouping classes into phylum, phyla and incorporating both fossils and living species into the classification. Cuvier is also known for establishing extinction as a fact—at the time, extinction was considered by many of Cuvier's contemporaries to be merely controversial speculation. In his ''Essay on the Theory of the Earth'' (1813) Cuvier proposed that now-extinct species had been wiped out by periodic catastrophi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clinus
''Clinus'' is a genus of clinids found in the southeastern Atlantic and western Indian ocean. Species There are currently 19 recognized species in this genus on FishBase and 22 on WoRMS:Bailly, N. (2015). Clinus Cuvier, 1816. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2015) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204318 on 2016-05-15 * ''Clinus acuminatus'' (Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801) (Sad klipfish) * ''Clinus agilis'' J. L. B. Smith, 1931 (Agile klipfish) * ''Clinus arborescens'' Gilchrist & W. W. Thompson, 1908 * ''Clinus berrisfordi'' M. L. Penrith, 1967 (Onrust klipfish) * ''Clinus brevicristatus'' Gilchrist & W. W. Thompson, 1908 (Cape klipfish) * ''Clinus cottoides'' Valenciennes, 1836 (Bluntnose klipfish) * ''Clinus exasperatus'' Holleman, von der Heyden & Zsilavecz, 2012 * '' Clinus helenae'' ( J. L. B. Smith, 1946) (Helen's klipfish) * ''Clinus heterodon'' Valenciennes, 1836 (Westcoas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clinoporus
''Clinoporus biporosus'', the ladder klipfish, is a species of clinid found in subtropical waters of the Atlantic Ocean around the South African coast. It occurs in the subtidal zone down to a depth of . This species can reach a maximum length of TL. It is currently the only known member of the genus ''Clinoporus''. Description *Fins: Dorsal fin spines 38 to 41, rays 2 to 3; Anal fin spines 2, rays 27 to 29; Pectoral fin rays 12 to 13; Ventral fin spines 1, rays 3. *Vertebrae 17+(32 to 35). * Body depth 6.25 to 6.85 in Standard length. * Head length 4.5 to 6.25 in Standard length. *Eye 2.75 to 4.25 diameters in head length. *Caudal peduncle 23 to 26% head length, depth 28.5 to 31% head length. Shape: The body is elongate and moderately compressed. The eyes are prominent, and slightly larger than the snout, at twice the interorbital width. The head profile is slightly convex with a ridge along the centreline of the snout. The sensory pores are large and conspicuous. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clinitrachus
''Clinitrachus argentatus'', the cline, is a species of clinid found in shallow waters of the eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea. This species feeds primarily on benthic invertebrates. This species is currently the only known member of its genus. Description ''Clinitrachus argentatus'' has a highly elongated oval-shaped, laterally compressed body. There is a ridge on the head behind the eye which is triangular in shape and is attached to branched tentacles. On the margin of the tube-shaped anterior nostril is another tentacle, and there is a smaller tentacle near the posterior nostril. The dorsal fin has an indentation where the hard spines give way o the softer rays. The colour of the body varies from light grey to dark brown, occasionally it can be purplish, with lines of small silver grey spots along the flanks underneath the lateral line with more spots scattered above it. The head is patterned with silver grey, the upper part of the head is lighter and there is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keppel Harcourt Barnard
Keppel Harcourt Barnard (31 March 1887 – 22 September 1964) was a South African zoologist and museum director. He was the only son of Harcourt George Barnard M.A. (Cantab.), a solicitor from Lambeth, and Anne Elizabeth Porter of Royston, Hertfordshire, Royston. Life and career Barnard was born in London. His first education was at a private school in Camberley from where he went to the Realgymnasium in Mannheim to improve his German. From 1905 to 1908 this unusually gifted and versatile scholar attended Christ's College, Cambridge, taking the Natural Sciences (Cambridge), Natural Sciences Tripos in Botany, Geology and Zoology. He also took the newly introduced courses in Anthropology, Ethnology and Geography. For the following three years he studied law at the Middle Temple, becoming a barrister in 1911. After a short spell as naturalist with the Marine Biological Laboratory (Plymouth), Marine Biological Laboratory in Plymouth, he joined the staff of the South African Museum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Climacoporus
''Climacoporus navalis'', the fleet klipfish, is a species of clinid found in subtropical waters of the Atlantic Ocean along the coast of South Africa where it can be found in tide pools. This species can reach a maximum length of TL. It is currently the only known member of its genus. Description *Fins: Dorsal fin spines 33 to 38, rays 0 to 1; Anal fin spines 2, rays 22 to 24; Pectoral fin rays 12; Ventral fin spines 1, rays 2 to 3. *Gill rakers (1 to 2)+5. *Vertebrae 15+(27to 29). * Lateral line with about 80 double pores. * Body depth 5 to 6.25 in Standard length. * Head length 4 to 5.25 in Standard length. *Eye 3 to 4 diameters in head length. *Caudal peduncle 25 to 33.5% head length, depth 25 to 33.5% head length. Shape: The body is elongate and moderately compressed. Profile of the head is slightly convex. The caudal peduncle is short. There is a pair of prominent, transversely flattened, palmate tentacles above the eyes. The mouth has thick lips and is a band of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Achille Valenciennes
Achille Valenciennes (9 August 1794 – 13 April 1865) was a French zoologist. Valenciennes was born in Paris, and studied under Georges Cuvier. His study of parasitic worms in humans made an important contribution to the study of parasitology. He also carried out diverse systematic classifications, linking fossil and current species. He worked with Cuvier on the 22-volume "'' Histoire Naturelle des Poissons''" (Natural History of Fish) (1828–1848), carrying on alone after Cuvier died in 1832. In 1832, he succeeded Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville (1777–1850) as chair of ''Histoire naturelle des mollusques, des vers et des zoophytes'' at the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle. Early in his career, he was given the task of classifying animals described by Alexander von Humboldt (1769–1859) during his travels in the American tropics (1799 to 1803), and a lasting friendship was established between the two men. He is the binomial authority for many species of fish, such a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cirrhibarbis
''Cirrhibarbis capensis'', the barbelled klipfish, is a species of clinid found in subtropical waters of the Atlantic Ocean around South Africa. This species can reach a maximum length of TL. This species preys primarily on benthic crustaceans, mostly amphipods and isopods. at www.fishbase.org. It is currently the only known member of its . Description *Fins: spines 37 to 44, rays 5 to 9; ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cancelloxus
''Cancelloxus'' is a genus of clinids found in the southeastern Atlantic The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . It covers approximately 20% of Earth's surface and about 29% of its water surface area. It is known to separate the " Old World" of Africa, Europe an ... ocean. Species There are currently three recognized species in this genus: * '' Cancelloxus burrelli'' J. L. B. Smith, 1961 (Slender platanna-klipfish) * '' Cancelloxus elongatus'' Heemstra & J. E. Wright, 1986 (Whiteblotched klipfish) * '' Cancelloxus longior'' Prochazka & Griffiths, 1991 References Clinidae {{Clinidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blennophis
''Blennophis'' is a genus of clinids found in the southeastern Atlantic ocean. Species There are currently two recognized species in this genus: * '' Blennophis anguillaris'' (Valenciennes Valenciennes (, also , , ; nl, label=also Dutch, Valencijn; pcd, Valincyinnes or ; la, Valentianae) is a commune in the Nord department, Hauts-de-France, France. It lies on the Scheldt () river. Although the city and region experienced a ..., 1836) (Snaky klipfish) * '' Blennophis striatus'' ( Gilchrist & W. W. Thompson, 1908) (Striped klipfish) References Clinidae {{Clinidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
