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Cirrhitidae
Cirrhitidae, the hawkfishes, are a family of marine perciform ray-finned fishes found in tropical seas and which are associated with coral reefs. Taxonomy The Cirrhitidae were first recognised as a family by the Scots-born Australian naturalist William Sharp Macleay in 1841. It is one of the 5 constituent families in the superfamily Cirrhitoidea which is classified in the suborder Percoidei of the order Perciformes. Within the Cirrhitoidea, the Cirrhitidae is probably the most basal family. They have been placed in the order Centrarchiformes by some authorities, as part of the superfamily Cirrhitoidea, however, the 5th edition of Fishes of the World does not recognise the Centrarchiformes. The name of the family is taken from that of the genus ''Cirrhitus'' which is derived from ''cirrhus'' meaning a "lock of hair" or "a barbel", thought to be a reference to lower, unbranched rays of the pectoral fins which Bernard Germain de Lacépède termed as “''barbillons''”, which m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hawkfish
Cirrhitidae, the hawkfishes, are a family of marine perciform ray-finned fishes found in tropical seas and which are associated with coral reefs. Taxonomy The Cirrhitidae were first recognised as a family by the Scots-born Australian naturalist William Sharp Macleay in 1841. It is one of the 5 constituent families in the superfamily Cirrhitoidea which is classified in the suborder Percoidei of the order Perciformes. Within the Cirrhitoidea, the Cirrhitidae is probably the most basal family. They have been placed in the order Centrarchiformes by some authorities, as part of the superfamily Cirrhitoidea, however, the 5th edition of Fishes of the World does not recognise the Centrarchiformes. The name of the family is taken from that of the genus ''Cirrhitus'' which is derived from ''cirrhus'' meaning a "lock of hair" or "a barbel", thought to be a reference to lower, unbranched rays of the pectoral fins which Bernard Germain de Lacépède termed as “''barbillons''”, which mea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cirrhitops
''Cirrhitops'' is a genus of marine ray-finned fish, hawkfishes from the family Cirrhitidae. They are found on tropical reefs of the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean. Taxonomy ''Cirrhitops'' was described as a genus in 1951 by the South African ichthyologist J.L.B. Smith with ''Cirrhites fasciatus'' as the type species. When he described the genus Smith stated that it was monotypic as he considered that ''Cirrhites hubbardi'', which had been described in 1941 by the American ichthyologist Leonard P. Schultz, was a synonym of ''C. fasciatus''. The name of the genus has the name of the type genus of the family, ''Cirrhitus'', suffixed with ''ops'' meaning that they species in the genus are similar in appearance to the species in ''Cirrhitus'' and '' Cirrhitichthys''. In 1963 John Ernest Randall reviewed the hawkfish family Cirrhitidae and included two species within the genus, ''C. fasciatus'' and ''C. hubbardi''. In that review he did note that ''C. fasciatus'' had a widely di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cristacirrhitus
The blackspotted hawkfish (''Cristacirrhitus punctatus'') is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a hawkfish belonging to the family Cirrhitidae. It is native to rocky shores of the western Indian Ocean. This species grows to in total length. This species is the only known member of its genus. Taxonomy The blackspotted hawkfish was first formally described in 1829 as ''Cirrhitus punctatus'' by the French zoologist Georges Cuvier with the type locality given as Madagascar. In 2001 John Ernest Randall placed it in a new monotypic genus, ''Cristacirrhitus''. The genus name is a compound of ''crista'' meaning "crest", a reference to the ridge of bone over the eye and ''Cirrhitus'' the type genus of the family Cirrhitidae, in which genus Cuvier had originally placed it. The specific name ''punctatus'' means "spotted", a reference to brown blotches and black spots this species has. Description The black spotted hawkfish has a snout which is not overly elongated and a deep body. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amblycirrhitus
''Amblycirrhitus'' is a genus of ray-finned fishes, hawkfishes belonging to the family Cirrhitidae. These fishes are found on tropical reefs worldwide. Taxonomy ''Amblycirrhitus'' was originally described as a genus in 1862 by the American ichthyologist Theodore Nicholas Gill with the type species designated as ''Cirrhites fasciatus'', which is a synonym of ''Amblycirrhitus pinos'', as this name for a taxon described in 1829 by Cuvier’s was preoccupied. The genus name is a compound of ''ambly'' which means “blunt” which Gill did not explain but which may be an allusion to the “abbreviated” head of the type species or possibly of its “slightly convex” snout, and ''Cirrhitus'', the type genus of family. Species The currently recognized species in this genus are: * '' Amblycirrhitus bimacula'' ( O. P. Jenkins, 1903) (twospot hawkfish) * '' Amblycirrhitus earnshawi'' Lubbock, 1978 * '' Amblycirrhitus oxyrhynchos'' (Bleeker, 1858) * '' Amblycirrhitus pinos'' ( Mowbray, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cirrhitichthys
''Cirrhitichthys'' is a genus of marine ray-finned fish, hawkfishes, from the family Cirrhitidae. They are found on tropical reefs in the Indian and western Pacific oceans. Some species can be found in the aquarium trade. Taxonomy ''Cirrhitichthys'' was first formally described in 1857 by the Dutch ichthyologist Pieter Bleeker. The type species designated by Bleeker was ''Cirrhites graphidopterus'' which had been described by him in 1853, although this taxon has subsequently been considered a synonym of ''Cirrhites aprinus'' which Georges Cuvier had described in 1829. The name of this genus is a compound of ''Cirrhitus'', referring to the similarity between the two genera, although there are differences in dentition, and ''ichthys'' meaning “fish”. Species The currently recognized species in this genus are: * '' Cirrhitichthys aprinus'' (G. Cuvier, 1829) (spotted hawkfish) * '' Cirrhitichthys aureus'' (Temminck & Schlegel, 1842) (yellow hawkfish) * '' Cirrhitichthys bleekeri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cirrhitus
''Cirrhitus'' is a genus of marine ray-finned fish, hawkfishes from the family Cirrhitidae. The species in this genus are found on tropical reefs worldwide. Taxonomy ''Cirrhites'' was first formally described as a genus in 1803 by the French naturalist Bernard Germain de Lacépède, Lacépède created it as a monotypic genus for his newly described species from Mauritius, ''Cirrhitus maculatus''. However, it was later shown that Lacépède's ''C. maculatus'' was synonymous with ''Labrus pinnulatus'' described in manuscript by the German naturalist and explorer Johann Reinhold Forster from Tahiti. Forster's was the basis of the description published in 1801 by Johann Gottlob Schneider in his and Marcus Elieser Bloch's ''Systema Ichthyologiae'', although ''Catalog of Fishes'' attributes the name to Forster. The name of this genus is dereived from ''cirrhus'' meaning a "lock of hair" or a "barbel", Lacépède did not explain what he feature the name alludes to. It may be allu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cirrhitus Pinnulatus
''Cirrhitus pinnulatus'', the stocky hawkfish, whitepsotted hawkfish or marbled hawkfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a hawkfish belonging to the family Cirrhitidae. It is found in the Indo-West Pacific region. Taxonomy Cirrhitus pinnulatus was first formally described in 1801 as ''Labrus pinnulatus'' by the German naturalist and explorer Johann Reinhold Forster from Tahiti. Forster's manuscript description was the basis of the description published in 1801 by Johann Gottlob Schneider in his and Marcus Elieser Bloch's ''Systema Ichthyologiae'', although ''Catalog of Fishes'' attributes the name to Forster. When the French naturalist Bernard Germain de Lacépède created the genus ''Cirrhitus'' he placed a single species within it, his own ''Cirrhitus maculatus'' which was later shown to be a synonym of Forster's ''Labrus pinnulatus'', under the name ''C. maculatus'' this species is the type species of its genus. The specific name ''pinnulatus'' means "pinnulated", per ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Percoidei
Percoidei is one of 3 suborders of bony fishes in the order Perciformes. Many commercially harvested fish species are considered to be contained in this suborder, including the snappers, groupers, basses, goatfishes and perches. Divisions The Percoidei are further divided into three superfamilies which contain over 50 families and hundreds of genera. * Suborder Percoidei ** Percoidea *** Centropomidae (Snooks) *** Latidae (Lates) *** Gerreidae (Mojarras) *** Centrogenyidae (False scorpionfishes) *** Perciliidae (Southern basses) *** Howellidae (Oceanic basslets) *** Acropomatidae (Lanternbellies) *** Epigonidae (Deepwater cardinalfishes *** Polyprionidae (Wreckfishes) *** Lateolabracidae (Asian seaperches) *** Mullidae (Goatfishes) *** Glaucosomatidae (Pearl perches) *** Pempheridae (Sweepers) *** Oplegnathidae (Knifejaws) *** Kuhliidae (Flagtails) *** Leptobramidae (Beachsalmon) *** Bathyclupeidae (Bathyclupeids) *** Polynemidae (Threadfins) *** Toxotida ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perciformes
Perciformes (), also called the Percomorpha or Acanthopteri, is an order or superorder of ray-finned fish. If considered a single order, they are the most numerous order of vertebrates, containing about 41% of all bony fish. Perciformes means "perch-like". Perciformes is an Order within the Clade Percomorpha consisting of "perch-like" Percomorphans. This group comprises over 10,000 species found in almost all aquatic ecosystems. The order contains about 160 families, which is the most of any order within the vertebrates. It is also the most variably sized order of vertebrates, ranging from the ''Schindleria brevipinguis'' to the marlin in the genus ''Makaira''. They first appeared and diversified in the Late Cretaceous. Among the well-known members of this group are perch and darters (Percidae), sea bass and groupers (Serranidae). Characteristics The dorsal and anal fins are divided into anterior spiny and posterior soft-rayed portions, which may be partially or compl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Centrarchiformes
Centrarchiformes is an obsolete order of ray-finned fish, now included amongst the perciformes, with 17 previously included families. This order first appeared about 55.8 million years ago in the Eocene Era, and is composed primarily of omnivores. The order has a wide range that includes the continents of Australia and South America. Many Centrarchiformes look essentially perch-like, featuring a stocky build and a spine-bearing dorsal fin, and range in size from 2.5 cm in length (for '' Elassoma gilberti),'' to 1.8 meters for the '' Maccullochella peelii.'' The order Centrachiformes is not recognized in the 5th Edition of ''Fishes of the World''. Previously included families * Aplodactylidae * Centrarchidae * Cheilodactylidae * Chironemidae * Cirrhitidae * Dichistiidae * Elassomatidae (likely belong within Centrarchidae) * Enoplosidae * Girellidae * Kuhliidae * Kyphosidae * Latridae * Oplegnathidae * Percalatidae * Percichthyidae * Perciliidae * Sinipercidae * Terapon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theodore Nicholas Gill
Theodore Nicholas Gill (March 21, 1837 – September 25, 1914) was an American ichthyologist, mammalogist, malacologist and librarian. Career Born and educated in New York City under private tutors, Gill early showed interest in natural history. He was associated with J. Carson Brevoort in the arrangement of the latter's entomological and ichthyological collections before going to Washington D.C. in 1863 to work at the Smithsonian Institution. He catalogued mammals, fishes and mollusks most particularly although maintaining proficiency in other orders of animals. He was librarian at the Smithsonian and also senior assistant to the Library of Congress. He was elected as a member of the American Philosophical Society in 1867. Gill was professor of zoology at George Washington University. He was also a member of the Megatherium Club at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. Fellow members frequently mocked him for his vanity. He was president of the American Association f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Type Species
In zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specimen(s). Article 67.1 A similar concept is used for suprageneric groups and called a type genus. In botanical nomenclature, these terms have no formal standing under the code of nomenclature, but are sometimes borrowed from zoological nomenclature. In botany, the type of a genus name is a specimen (or, rarely, an illustration) which is also the type of a species name. The species name that has that type can also be referred to as the type of the genus name. Names of genus and family ranks, the various subdivisions of those ranks, and some higher-rank names based on genus names, have such types. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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