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Cylix Tupareomanaia
''Cylix tupareomanaia'', named the Manaia pygmy pipehorse, is a species of syngnathid, the family of seahorses and pipefish. The species is found temperate coastal waters of New Zealand, at Taitokerau Northland and the inshore islands, Pēwhairangi (Bay of Islands), Nukutaunga, Tawhiti Rahi and Aorangi, occurring at depths between twelve and twenty metres. The head is notably angled and tail is prehensile. It occupies habitat composed of algae, sponges and bryozoans at coral outcrops and reefs. The description was published in 2021, the first new species of syngnathid of New Zealand to be identified in 100 years. The authors distinguished the animal as a new genus ''Cylix'', the Greek or Latin word for cup, a reference to the shape of the 'coronet' feature of its head. The researchers collaborated with the Ngātiwai people, traditional owners of the region where the species is found, their elders providing cultural information and names. The specific epithet 'tupareomanaia' der ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Graham Short (ichthyologist)
Graham Short, (born 4 July 1946) is a micro-artist, living and working in Birmingham, England. In 2012 his nine-month project 'Cutting Edge' showing the words "Nothing is Impossible" engraved along the sharp edge of a Wilkinson Sword razor blade attracted attention from the media, which led to him appearing in news features. During the same year he engraved a minuscule portrait of the Queen on a speck of gold inserted into the eye of a needle to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II. Career After leaving school at the age of 15 with no qualifications, he signed up to a six-year apprenticeship at a stationery engraving company in Birmingham. He learned the art of copper-plate and steel die engraving for the stationery trade - producing embossed letterheads, business cards and wedding invitations. When his apprenticeship had ended he started his own one-man business in Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter where he spent his career creating stationery for banks, royal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Syngnathid
The Syngnathidae is a family of fish which includes seahorses, pipefishes, and seadragons (''Phycodurus'' and ''Phyllopteryx''). The name is derived from grc, σύν (), meaning "together", and (), meaning "jaw". The fused jaw is one of the traits that the entire family have in common. Description and biology Syngnathids are found in temperate and tropical seas across the world. Most species inhabit shallow, coastal waters, but a few are known from the open ocean, especially in association with sargassum mats. They are characterised by their elongated snouts, fused jaws, the absence of pelvic fins, and by thick plates of bony armour covering their bodies. The armour gives them a rigid body, so they swim by rapidly fanning their fins. As a result, they are relatively slow compared with other fish but are able to control their movements with great precision, including hovering in place for extended periods. Uniquely, after syngnathid females lay their eggs, the male then fertili ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ngātiwai
Ngātiwai or Ngāti Wai is a Māori iwi of the east coast of the Northland Region of New Zealand. Its historical tribal area or rohe stretched from Cape Brett in the north to Takatū Point on Tawharanui Peninsula in the south and out to Great Barrier Island, the Poor Knights Islands and other offshore islands. Descendants of Ngātiwai include brothers Jim, Ian and Winston Peters, artist Shona Rapira Davies, and writer Paula Morris. History Early history Ngātiwai trace their ancestry to one of the earliest settlers of Te Tai-tokerau, Manaia, who was transformed into stone, with his family and servant Paekō atop Mount Manaia in the Whangarei Harbour. His descendant Manaia II, some 14 generations later, was the ''rangatira'' of Ngāti Manaia established. Following a battle with Ngāpuhi at their pā at Mimiwhāngata, Ngāti Manaia fled out to sea, along the eastern coast, and on to the offshore islands. They became adept seafarers and were known as Ngātiwai-ki-te-moana u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Traditional Owners
Native title is the designation given to the common law doctrine of Aboriginal title in Australia, which is the recognition by Australian law that Indigenous Australians (both Aboriginal Australian and Torres Strait Islander people) have rights and interests to their land that derive from their traditional laws and customs. The concept recognises that in certain cases there was and is a continued beneficial legal interest in land held by Indigenous peoples which survived the acquisition of radical title to the land by the Crown at the time of sovereignty. Native title can co-exist with non-Aboriginal proprietary rights and in some cases different Aboriginal groups can exercise their native title over the same land. The foundational case for native title in Australia was ''Mabo v Queensland (No 2)'' (1992). One year after the recognition of the legal concept of native title in ''Mabo'', the Keating Government formalised the recognition by legislation with the enactment by the Au ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pygmy Pipehorse
The pygmy seahorses comprise several species of tiny seahorse in the syngnathid family or Syngnathidae (seahorses and pipefish). Family Syngnathidae is part of order Syngnathiformes, which contains fishes with fused jaws that suck food into tubular mouths. They are found in Southeast Asia in the Coral Triangle area. They are some of the smallest seahorse species in the world, typically measuring less than in height.Lourie, S.A., Foster, S.J., Cooper, E.W.T. and Vincent, A.C.J. (2004) ''A Guide to the Identification of Seahorses.'' Project Seahorse and TRAFFIC North America, Washington D.C.. An adult may be as small as long.Fishes of Australia: ''H. bargibanti'' Accessed 2012-11-02. True pygmy seahorses have distinctive morphological markers. Unlike other seahorses, they have ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acentronura
'' Acentronura '' is a genus of pygmy pipehorse native to the Indian and Pacific oceans. The name is derived from the Greek ακεντρονουρα, or ''a-kentron-oura'', and refers to the lack of a sting on the tail. Species There are currently two recognized species in this genus, several previous members having been moved to the genera '' Amphelikturus'' and ''Idiotropiscis'': * ''Acentronura breviperula'' Fraser-Brunner & Whitley, 1949 (Dwarf pipehorse) * ''Acentronura gracilissima'' (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850) (Bastard seahorse) * ''Acentronura tentaculata'' ( Günther, 1870) (Shortpouch pygmy pipehorse) Distribution ''Acentronura'' species are mainly found in shallow tropical and subtropical waters of the Indo-west Pacific and the Red Sea. When fully grown they vary from in length, with the average maximal size being about . They are small, secretive, and very well camouflaged, and are therefore quite rarely seen; for this reason, some species may be more common tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Idiotropiscis
''Idiotropiscis'' is a genus of pygmy pipehorse endemic to Australia. They are commonly called pygmy pipehorses due to their small size. Species There are currently three recognized species in this genus: * '' Idiotropiscis australe'' ( Waite & Hale Hale may refer to: Places Australia *Hale, Northern Territory, a locality *Hale River, in southeastern Northern Territory Canada *Hale, Ontario, in Algoma District United Kingdom * Hale, Cumbria, a hamlet near Beetham, Cumbria *Hale, Greater Man ..., 1921) (Southern little pipehorse) * '' Idiotropiscis larsonae'' ( C. E. Dawson, 1984) (Helen's pygmy pipehorse) * '' Idiotropiscis lumnitzeri'' Kuiter, 2004 (Sydney's pygmy pipehorse) References Taxa named by Gilbert Percy Whitley Marine fish genera Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Syngnathiformes-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hippocampus
The hippocampus (via Latin from Greek , 'seahorse') is a major component of the brain of humans and other vertebrates. Humans and other mammals have two hippocampi, one in each side of the brain. The hippocampus is part of the limbic system, and plays important roles in the consolidation of information from short-term memory to long-term memory, and in spatial memory that enables navigation. The hippocampus is located in the allocortex, with neural projections into the neocortex in humans, as well as primates. The hippocampus, as the medial pallium, is a structure found in all vertebrates. In humans, it contains two main interlocking parts: the hippocampus proper (also called ''Ammon's horn''), and the dentate gyrus. In Alzheimer's disease (and other forms of dementia), the hippocampus is one of the first regions of the brain to suffer damage; short-term memory loss and disorientation are included among the early symptoms. Damage to the hippocampus can also result from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hippocampus Jugumus
''Hippocampus jugumus'', the collared seahorse, was described in 2001 from a single specimen found in the waters surrounding Lord Howe Island Lord Howe Island (; formerly Lord Howe's Island) is an irregularly crescent-shaped volcanic remnant in the Tasman Sea between Australia and New Zealand, part of the Australian state of New South Wales. It lies directly east of mainland P .... References jugumus Taxa named by Rudie Hermann Kuiter Fish described in 2001 {{Syngnathiformes-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Syngnathidae
The Syngnathidae is a family of fish which includes seahorses, pipefishes, and seadragons (''Phycodurus'' and ''Phyllopteryx''). The name is derived from grc, σύν (), meaning "together", and (), meaning "jaw". The fused jaw is one of the traits that the entire family have in common. Description and biology Syngnathids are found in temperate and tropical seas across the world. Most species inhabit shallow, coastal waters, but a few are known from the open ocean, especially in association with sargassum mats. They are characterised by their elongated snouts, fused jaws, the absence of pelvic fins, and by thick plates of bony armour covering their bodies. The armour gives them a rigid body, so they swim by rapidly fanning their fins. As a result, they are relatively slow compared with other fish but are able to control their movements with great precision, including hovering in place for extended periods. Uniquely, after syngnathid females lay their eggs, the male then fertiliz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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