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Cochleoceps
''Cochleoceps'' is a genus of clingfishes endemic to the waters around Australia. Species There are currently five recognized species in this genus: * ' Hutchins, 1983 * ''Cochleoceps bicolor'' Hutchins, 1991 (Western cleaner-clingfish) * ''Cochleoceps orientalis'' Hutchins, 1991 (Eastern cleaner-clingfish) * ''Cochleoceps spatula'' ( Günther, 1861) * ''Cochleoceps viridis ''Cochleoceps'' is a genus of clingfishes endemic to the waters around Australia. Species There are currently five recognized species in this genus: * ' Hutchins, 1983 * '' Cochleoceps bicolor'' Hutchins, 1991 (Western cleaner-clingfish) * ''C ...'' Hutchins, 1991 (Green clingfish) References Gobiesocidae Fish of Australia {{Gobiesociformes-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cochleoceps Orientalis
''Cochleoceps orientalis'', common name eastern cleaner-clingfish, is a species of clingfish that is endemic to the marine waters around southeastern Australia. Description ''Cochleoceps orientalis'' grows to approximately 55 mm long. It has no scales, instead being protected by mucous which covers the body in a thick coating. It has an intense orange to greenish-yellow colouration. The body is scattered with dark red spots that diminish in size and intensity toward the belly. Numerous, short, thin, blue, iridescent lines are present on the back and sides. These lines are generally perpendicular to the length of the body. The posterior part of the ventral fins appear as a fleshy fringe, with the anterior part merging into the sucking disc. Parts of the disc have dermal papillae which are flat. These probably allow the fish to adhere to surfaces. Distribution ''Cochleoceps orientalis'' lives in the marine waters of the southeastern part of Australia. It is found around New S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cochleoceps Spatula
''Cochleoceps'' is a genus of clingfishes endemic to the waters around Australia. Species There are currently five recognized species in this genus: * ' Hutchins, 1983 * ''Cochleoceps bicolor'' Hutchins, 1991 (Western cleaner-clingfish) * ''Cochleoceps orientalis'' Hutchins, 1991 (Eastern cleaner-clingfish) * ''Cochleoceps spatula'' ( Günther, 1861) * ''Cochleoceps viridis ''Cochleoceps'' is a genus of clingfishes endemic to the waters around Australia. Species There are currently five recognized species in this genus: * ' Hutchins, 1983 * '' Cochleoceps bicolor'' Hutchins, 1991 (Western cleaner-clingfish) * ''C ...'' Hutchins, 1991 (Green clingfish) References Gobiesocidae Fish of Australia {{Gobiesociformes-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cochleoceps Viridis
''Cochleoceps'' is a genus of clingfishes endemic to the waters around Australia. Species There are currently five recognized species in this genus: * ' Hutchins, 1983 * ''Cochleoceps bicolor'' Hutchins, 1991 (Western cleaner-clingfish) * ''Cochleoceps orientalis'' Hutchins, 1991 (Eastern cleaner-clingfish) * ''Cochleoceps spatula'' ( Günther, 1861) * ''Cochleoceps viridis ''Cochleoceps'' is a genus of clingfishes endemic to the waters around Australia. Species There are currently five recognized species in this genus: * ' Hutchins, 1983 * '' Cochleoceps bicolor'' Hutchins, 1991 (Western cleaner-clingfish) * ''C ...'' Hutchins, 1991 (Green clingfish) References Gobiesocidae Fish of Australia {{Gobiesociformes-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cochleoceps
''Cochleoceps'' is a genus of clingfishes endemic to the waters around Australia. Species There are currently five recognized species in this genus: * ' Hutchins, 1983 * ''Cochleoceps bicolor'' Hutchins, 1991 (Western cleaner-clingfish) * ''Cochleoceps orientalis'' Hutchins, 1991 (Eastern cleaner-clingfish) * ''Cochleoceps spatula'' ( Günther, 1861) * ''Cochleoceps viridis ''Cochleoceps'' is a genus of clingfishes endemic to the waters around Australia. Species There are currently five recognized species in this genus: * ' Hutchins, 1983 * '' Cochleoceps bicolor'' Hutchins, 1991 (Western cleaner-clingfish) * ''C ...'' Hutchins, 1991 (Green clingfish) References Gobiesocidae Fish of Australia {{Gobiesociformes-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clingfish
Clingfishes are fishes of the family Gobiesocidae, the only family in the order Gobiesociformes. These fairly small to very small fishes are widespread in tropical and temperate regions, mostly near the coast, but a few species in deeper seas or fresh water. Most species shelter in shallow reefs or seagrass beds, clinging to rocks, algae and seagrass leaves with their sucking disc, a structure on their chest. They are generally too small to be of interest to fisheries, although the relatively large '' Sicyases sanguineus'' regularly is caught as a food fish, and some of the other species occasionally appear in the marine aquarium trade. Distribution and habitat Clingfishes are primarily found near the shore in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans, including marginal seas such as the Mediterranean, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean and Gulf of California. The greatest species richness is in tropical and warm temperate regions, but the range of a few extends into colder waters, lik ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cochleoceps Bicolor
''Cochleoceps bicolor'', the western cleaner clingfish, is a species of clingfish from the family Gobiesocidae which is endemic to southern Australia. This species has a ground colouration which varies from yellowish to reddish marked with regular transverse blue bands along its back and a bluish-grey caudal fin. This species occurs on rocky reefs and jetty or pier piles, where they establish cleaning stations, often over sponges and ascidians, but are known to use a wide variety of reef related sites as stations, perhaps the most important criterion being the prominent visibility of a site to passing parasite laden clients .A station may have from one to multiple Western Cleaner Clingfish, depending on the demand for services and other factors. Some divers have observed shared stations, where several other known temperate marine cleaner host species-notably juvenile moonlighter fish (''Tilodon sexfasciatus'') and rockpool shrimp (''Palaemon serenus'') - behave in cooperative f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gobiesocidae
Clingfishes are fishes of the family Gobiesocidae, the only family in the order Gobiesociformes. These fairly small to very small fishes are widespread in tropical and temperate regions, mostly near the coast, but a few species in deeper seas or fresh water. Most species shelter in shallow reefs or seagrass beds, clinging to rocks, algae and seagrass leaves with their sucking disc, a structure on their chest. They are generally too small to be of interest to fisheries, although the relatively large '' Sicyases sanguineus'' regularly is caught as a food fish, and some of the other species occasionally appear in the marine aquarium trade. Distribution and habitat Clingfishes are primarily found near the shore in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans, including marginal seas such as the Mediterranean, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean and Gulf of California. The greatest species richness is in tropical and warm temperate regions, but the range of a few extends into colder waters, like ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilbert Percy Whitley
Gilbert Percy Whitley (9 June 1903 – 18 July 1975) was a British-born Australian ichthyologist and malacologist who was Curator of Fishes at the Australian Museum in Sydney for about 40 years. He was born at Swaythling, Southampton, England, and was educated at King Edward VI School, Southampton and the Royal Naval College, Osborne. Whitley migrated with his family to Sydney in 1921 and he joined the staff of the Australian Museum in 1922 while studying zoology at Sydney Technical College and the University of Sydney. In 1925 he was formally appointed Ichthyologist (later Curator of Fishes) at the Museum, a position he held until retirement in 1964. During his term of office he doubled the size of the ichthyological collection to 37,000 specimens through many collecting expeditions. Whitley was also a major force in the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales, of which he was made a Fellow in 1934 and where he served as president during 1940–41, 1959–60 and 1973–74. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family (taxonomy), family. In binomial nomenclature, the genus name forms the first part of the binomial species name for each species within the genus. :E.g. ''Panthera leo'' (lion) and ''Panthera onca'' (jaguar) are two species within the genus ''Panthera''. ''Panthera'' is a genus within the family Felidae. The composition of a genus is determined by taxonomy (biology), taxonomists. The standards for genus classification are not strictly codified, so different authorities often produce different classifications for genera. There are some general practices used, however, including the idea that a newly defined genus should fulfill these three criteria to be descriptively useful: # monophyly – all descendants ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Endemism
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsewhere. For example, the Cape sugarbird is found exclusively in southwestern South Africa and is therefore said to be ''endemic'' to that particular part of the world. An endemic species can be also be referred to as an ''endemism'' or in scientific literature as an ''endemite''. For example '' Cytisus aeolicus'' is an endemite of the Italian flora. '' Adzharia renschi'' was once believed to be an endemite of the Caucasus, but it was later discovered to be a non-indigenous species from South America belonging to a different genus. The extreme opposite of an endemic species is one with a cosmopolitan distribution, having a global or widespread range. A rare alternative term for a species that is endemic is "precinctive", which applies to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, smaller islands. With an area of , Australia is the largest country by area in Oceania and the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, sixth-largest country. Australia is the oldest, flattest, and driest inhabited continent, with the least fertile soils. It is a Megadiverse countries, megadiverse country, and its size gives it a wide variety of landscapes and climates, with Deserts of Australia, deserts in the centre, tropical Forests of Australia, rainforests in the north-east, and List of mountains in Australia, mountain ranges in the south-east. The ancestors of Aboriginal Australians began arriving from south east Asia approximately Early human migrations#Nearby Oceania, 65,000 years ago, during the Last Glacial Period, last i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Günther
Albert Karl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther FRS, also Albert Charles Lewis Gotthilf Günther (3 October 1830 – 1 February 1914), was a German-born British zoologist, ichthyologist, and herpetologist. Günther is ranked the second-most productive reptile taxonomist (after George Albert Boulenger) with more than 340 reptile species described. Early life and career Günther was born in Esslingen in Swabia (Württemberg). His father was a ''Stiftungs-Commissar'' in Esslingen and his mother was Eleonora Nagel. He initially schooled at the Stuttgart Gymnasium. His family wished him to train for the ministry of the Lutheran Church for which he moved to the University of Tübingen. A brother shifted from theology to medicine, and he, too, turned to science and medicine at Tübingen in 1852. His first work was "''Ueber den Puppenzustand eines Distoma''". He graduated in medicine with an M.D. from Tübingen in 1858, the same year in which he published a handbook of zoology for students of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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