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Clypeobarbus Congicus
The Congo barb (''Clypeobarbus congicus'') is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus ''Clypeobarbus ''Clypeobarbus'' is a genus of small cyprinid fishes native to Africa. Most species are restricted to the Congo River Basin, but ''C. pleuropholis'' is also found in the Chad Basin, while ''C. bellcrossi'' is from the Zambezi and ''C. hypsolepis ...''. References * Clypeobarbus Fish described in 1899 {{Barbinae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Albert Boulenger
George Albert Boulenger (19 October 1858 – 23 November 1937) was a Belgian-British zoologist who described and gave scientific names to over 2,000 new animal species, chiefly fish, reptiles, and amphibians. Boulenger was also an active botanist during the last 30 years of his life, especially in the study of roses. Life Boulenger was born in Brussels, Belgium, the only son of Gustave Boulenger, a Belgian public notary, and Juliette Piérart, from Valenciennes. He graduated in 1876 from the Free University of Brussels with a degree in natural sciences, and worked for a while at the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels, as an assistant naturalist studying amphibians, reptiles, and fishes. He also made frequent visits during this time to the ''Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle'' in Paris and the British Museum in London. In 1880, he was invited to work at the Natural History Museum, then a department of the British Museum, by Dr. Albert C. L. G. Günther a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ray-finned Fish
Actinopterygii (; ), members of which are known as ray-finned fishes, is a class of bony fish. They comprise over 50% of living vertebrate species. The ray-finned fishes are so called because their fins are webs of skin supported by bony or horny spines (rays), as opposed to the fleshy, lobed fins that characterize the class Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fish). These actinopterygian fin rays attach directly to the proximal or basal skeletal elements, the radials, which represent the link or connection between these fins and the internal skeleton (e.g., pelvic and pectoral girdles). By species count, actinopterygians dominate the vertebrates, and they constitute nearly 99% of the over 30,000 species of fish. They are ubiquitous throughout freshwater and marine environments from the deep sea to the highest mountain streams. Extant species can range in size from ''Paedocypris'', at , to the massive ocean sunfish, at , and the long-bodied oarfish, at . The vast majority of Actinoptery ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clypeobarbus
''Clypeobarbus'' is a genus of small cyprinid fishes native to Africa. Most species are restricted to the Congo River Basin, but ''C. pleuropholis'' is also found in the Chad Basin, while ''C. bellcrossi'' is from the Zambezi and ''C. hypsolepis'' is from rivers in Western Africa. Species There are currently 9 recognized species in this genus: * ''Clypeobarbus bellcrossi'' ( R. A. Jubb, 1965) (Gorgeous barb) * ''Clypeobarbus bomokandi'' ( G. S. Myers, 1924) * ''Clypeobarbus breviclipeus'' Stiassny & Sakharova, 2016 Stiassny, M.L.J. & Sakharova, H. (2016): Review of the smiliogastrin cyprinids of the Kwilu River (Kasai Basin, central Africa), revised diagnosis for ''Clypeobarbus'' (Cyprinidae: Cyprininae: Smiliogastrini) and description of a new species. ''Journal of Fish Biology, 88 (4): 1394-1412.'' * ''Clypeobarbus congicus'' ( Boulenger, 1899) (Congo barb) * ''Clypeobarbus hypsolepis'' ( Daget, 1959) * ''Clypeobarbus matthesi'' (Poll & J. P. Gosse, 1963) * ''Clypeobarbus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
