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Cypsellurinae
Cypsellurinae is a subfamily of flying fishes, one of four in the family Exocoetidae and the only one which is not monogeneric. Genera The following four genera make of the subfamily: * '' Cheilopogon'' Lowe, 1841 * ''Cypselurus ''Cypselurus'' is a genus of flying fish in the family Exocoetidae. Species Currently, there are twelve recognized species in this genus: * '' Cypselurus angusticeps'' ( Nichols & Breder, 1935) — narrowhead flying fish * '' Cypselurus callop ...'' Swainson, 1838 * '' Hirundichthys'' Breder, 1928 * '' Prognichthys'' Breder, 1928 References {{Taxonbar, from=Q85754955 Exocoetidae ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cypsellurinae
Cypsellurinae is a subfamily of flying fishes, one of four in the family Exocoetidae and the only one which is not monogeneric. Genera The following four genera make of the subfamily: * '' Cheilopogon'' Lowe, 1841 * ''Cypselurus ''Cypselurus'' is a genus of flying fish in the family Exocoetidae. Species Currently, there are twelve recognized species in this genus: * '' Cypselurus angusticeps'' ( Nichols & Breder, 1935) — narrowhead flying fish * '' Cypselurus callop ...'' Swainson, 1838 * '' Hirundichthys'' Breder, 1928 * '' Prognichthys'' Breder, 1928 References {{Taxonbar, from=Q85754955 Exocoetidae ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flying Fish
The Exocoetidae are a family of marine fish in the order Beloniformes class Actinopterygii, known colloquially as flying fish or flying cod. About 64 species are grouped in seven to nine genera. While they cannot fly in the same way a bird does, flying fish can make powerful, self-propelled leaps out of the water where their long wing-like fins enable gliding for considerable distances above the water's surface. The main reason for this behavior is thought to be to escape from underwater predators, which include swordfish, mackerel, tuna, and marlin, among others, though their periods of flight expose them to attack by avian predators such as frigate birds. Barbados is known as "the land of the flying fish", and the fish is one of the national symbols of the country. The Exocet missile is named after them, as variants are launched from underwater, and take a low trajectory, skimming the surface, before striking their targets. Etymology The term Exocoetidae is both the scie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Exocoetidae
The Exocoetidae are a family of marine fish in the order Beloniformes class Actinopterygii, known colloquially as flying fish or flying cod. About 64 species are grouped in seven to nine genera. While they cannot fly in the same way a bird does, flying fish can make powerful, self-propelled leaps out of the water where their long wing-like fins enable gliding for considerable distances above the water's surface. The main reason for this behavior is thought to be to escape from underwater predators, which include swordfish, mackerel, tuna, and marlin, among others, though their periods of flight expose them to attack by avian predators such as frigate birds. Barbados is known as "the land of the flying fish", and the fish is one of the national symbols of the country. The Exocet missile is named after them, as variants are launched from underwater, and take a low trajectory, skimming the surface, before striking their targets. Etymology The term Exocoetidae is both the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheilopogon
''Cheilopogon'' is a genus of flyingfishes. Species Currently, 29 species in this genus are recognized: * '' Cheilopogon abei'' Parin, 1996 (Abe's flyingfish) * ''Cheilopogon agoo'' (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) (Japanese flyingfish) * '' Cheilopogon altipennis'' (Valenciennes, 1847) (smallhead flyingfish) * '' Cheilopogon arcticeps'' ( Günther, 1866) (white-finned flyingfish) * '' Cheilopogon atrisignis'' ( O. P. Jenkins, 1903) (glider flyingfish) * '' Cheilopogon cyanopterus'' (Valenciennes, 1847) (margined flyingfish) * '' Cheilopogon doederleinii'' ( Steindachner, 1887) * '' Cheilopogon dorsomacula'' ( Fowler, 1944) (backspot flyingfish) * '' Cheilopogon exsiliens'' (Linnaeus, 1771) (bandwing flyingfish) * '' Cheilopogon furcatus'' ( Mitchill, 1815) (spotfin flyingfish) * '' Cheilopogon heterurus'' (Rafinesque, 1810) (Mediterranean flyingfish) * '' Cheilopogon hubbsi'' ( Parin, 1961) (blotchwing flyingfish) * '' Cheilopogon intermedius'' Parin, 1961 (intermediate flyingfish) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cypselurus
''Cypselurus'' is a genus of flying fish in the family Exocoetidae. Species Currently, there are twelve recognized species in this genus: * ''Cypselurus angusticeps'' (Nichols & Breder, 1935) — narrowhead flying fish * '' Cypselurus callopterus'' ( Günther, 1866) — ornamented flying fish, beautyfin flying fish * ''Cypselurus comatus'' ( Mitchill, 1815) — clearwing flying fish * ''Cypselurus hexazona'' (Bleeker, 1853) — darkbar flying fish * ''Cypselurus hiraii'' ( T. Abe, 1953) * ''Cypselurus longibarbus'' (Parin, 1861) * ''Cypselurus naresii'' ( Günther, 1889) — Pharao flying fish * ''Cypselurus oligolepis'' (Bleeker, 1865) — large-scale flying fish * ''Cypselurus opisthopus'' (Bleeker, 1865) — black-finned flying fish * ''Cypselurus poecilopterus'' (Valenciennes, 1847) - yellow-wing flying fish * ''Cypselurus simus'' (Valenciennes, 1847) — short-nosed flying fish * ''Cypselurus starksi ''Cypselurus'' is a genus of flying fish in the family Exocoetidae. Spe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hirundichthys
''Hirundichthys'' is a genus of flying fish. They have elongated, moderately thick, ventrally flattened bodies. The pectoral branch of the lateral line is absent. The upper jaw is not protrusible. The dorsal fin has fewer or equal (rarely one more) rays than the anal fin; the dorsal fin is low, with the anterior rays the longest, the pectoral fins are strikingly long, reaching to or almost to caudal fin base; pelvic fins are long, reaching beyond the anal fin origin, and their insertion is closer to the anal fin origin than to the pectoral fin insertion. Species Twelve species in this genus are recognized: * '' Hirundichthys affinis'' ( Günther, 1866) (fourwing flyingfish) * '' Hirundichthys albimaculatus'' ( Fowler, 1934) (whitespot flyingfish) * '' Hirundichthys coromandelensis'' ( Hornell, 1923) (Coromandel flyingfish) * '' Hirundichthys ilma'' ( F. E. Clarke, 1899) * '' Hirundichthys indicus'' Shakhovskoy & Parin, 2013Shakhovskoy, I.B. & Parin, N.V. (2013): A Review of Flyin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prognichthys
''Prognichthys'' is a genus of flying fishes. Species Six recognized species are in this genus: * '' Prognichthys brevipinnis'' (Valenciennes, 1847) (shortfin flyingfish) * '' Prognichthys gibbifrons'' (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 s ..., 1847) (bluntnose flyingfish) * '' Prognichthys glaphyrae'' Parin, 1999 (Gyre flyingfish) * '' Prognichthys occidentalis'' Parin, 1999 * '' Prognichthys sealei'' T. Abe, 1955 (sailor flyingfish) * '' Prognichthys tringa'' Breder, 1928 (Tringa flyingfish) References Cypsellurinae {{Beloniformes-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Leavitt Hubbs
Carl Leavitt Hubbs (October 19, 1894 – June 30, 1979) was an American ichthyologist. Biography Youth He was born in Williams, Arizona. He was the son of Charles Leavitt and Elizabeth (née Goss) Hubbs. His father had a wide variety of jobs (farmer, iron mine owner, newspaper owner). The family moved several times before settling in San Diego where he got his first taste of natural history. After his parents divorced in 1907, he lived with his mother, who opened a private school in Redondo Beach, California. His maternal grandmother Jane Goble Goss, one of the first female doctors, showed Hubbs how to harvest shellfish and other sea creatures. One of his teachers, impressed by Hubbs's abilities in science, recommended that he study chemistry at the University of Berkeley. The family moved once more to Los Angeles. In Los Angeles, George Bliss Culver, one of the many volunteers of David Starr Jordan, encouraged Hubbs to abandon his study of birds and instead to study fish, par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Subfamily
In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: ', plural ') is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus. Standard nomenclature rules end subfamily botanical names with "-oideae", and zoological names with "-inae". See also * International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants * International Code of Zoological Nomenclature * Rank (botany) * Rank (zoology) In biological classification, taxonomic rank is the relative level of a group of organisms (a taxon) in an ancestral or hereditary hierarchy. A common system consists of species, genus, family, order, class, phylum, kingdom, domain. While ... Sources {{biology-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Family (biology)
Family ( la, familia, plural ') is one of the eight major hierarchical taxonomic ranks in Linnaean taxonomy. It is classified between order and genus. A family may be divided into subfamilies, which are intermediate ranks between the ranks of family and genus. The official family names are Latin in origin; however, popular names are often used: for example, walnut trees and hickory trees belong to the family Juglandaceae, but that family is commonly referred to as the "walnut family". What belongs to a family—or if a described family should be recognized at all—are proposed and determined by practicing taxonomists. There are no hard rules for describing or recognizing a family, but in plants, they can be characterized on the basis of both vegetative and reproductive features of plant species. Taxonomists often take different positions about descriptions, and there may be no broad consensus across the scientific community for some time. The publishing of new data and opini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Thomas Lowe
Richard Thomas Lowe (1802–1874) was an English scientist, a botanist, ichthyologist, malacologist, and a clergyman. In 1825 he graduated from Christ's College, Cambridge, and in the same year he took holy orders. In 1832 he became a clergyman in the Madeira Islands, where he was also a part-time naturalist, extensively studying the local flora and fauna. He wrote a book on the Madeiran flora. He died in 1874 when the ship he was on was wrecked off the Isles of Scilly. Taxa Lowe named and described numerous molluscan taxa, including: * ''Caseolus'', a land snail genus and eight species within it * ''Lemniscia'', a land snail genus and two species within it See also *:Taxa named by Richard Thomas Lowe References * Notes 1802 births 1874 deaths 19th-century English Anglican priests Alumni of Christ's College, Cambridge English botanists English ichthyologists English malacologists English zoologists {{England-scientist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William John Swainson
William John Swainson FLS, FRS (8 October 1789 – 6 December 1855), was an English ornithologist, malacologist, conchologist, entomologist and artist. Life Swainson was born in Dover Place, St Mary Newington, London, the eldest son of John Timothy Swainson the Second (1756–1824), an original fellow of the Linnean Society. He was cousin of the amateur botanist Isaac Swainson.Etymologisches Worterbuch der botanischen Pflanzennamen by H. Genaust. Review by Paul A. Fryxell ''Taxon'', Vol. 38(2), 245–246 (1989). His father's family originated in Lancashire, and both grandfather and father held high posts in Her Majesty's Customs, the father becoming Collector at Liverpool. William, whose formal education was curtailed because of an impediment in his speech, joined the Liverpool Customs as a junior clerk at the age of 14."William Swainson F.R.S, F.L.S., Naturalist and Artist: Diaries 1808–1838: Sicily, Malta, Greece, Italy and Brazil." G .M. Swainson, Palmerston, NZ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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