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Congiopodus
''Congiopodus'' is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Congiopodidae, the pigfishes or horsefishes. These fishes are found in the southern Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Taxonomy Congiopodus was first formally described as a genus in 1811 by the English naturalist George Perry when he described ''Congiopodus percatus'', the 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 ... by monotypy. Subsequently, Perry's species was shown to be a junior synonym of ''Blennius torvus'' which had been described by the Dutch people, Dutch zoologist Laurens Theodorus Gronovius, Laurens Theodorus Gronow in 1772, with an erroneous Type locality (biology), type locality of the Indian Ocean given for this southern African species. The genus is the type genus of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Congiopodus Peruvianus
''Congiopodus'' is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Congiopodidae, the pigfishes or horsefishes. These fishes are found in the southern Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Taxonomy Congiopodus was first formally described as a genus in 1811 by the English naturalist George Perry when he described ''Congiopodus percatus'', the type species by monotypy. Subsequently, Perry's species was shown to be a junior synonym of ''Blennius torvus'' which had been described by the Dutch zoologist Laurens Theodorus Gronow in 1772, with an erroneous type locality of the Indian Ocean given for this southern African species. The genus is the type genus of the family Congiopodidae, and some authorities regard this family as monogeneric, but the 5th edition of Fishes of the World classifies three other genera within this family. The family is placed in the suborder Scorpaenoidei which in turn is classified within the order Scorpaeniformes in that book but other authorities ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Congiopodus Spinifer
''Congiopodus'' is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Congiopodidae, the pigfishes or horsefishes. These fishes are found in the southern Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Taxonomy Congiopodus was first formally described as a genus in 1811 by the English naturalist George Perry when he described ''Congiopodus percatus'', the type species by monotypy. Subsequently, Perry's species was shown to be a junior synonym of ''Blennius torvus'' which had been described by the Dutch zoologist Laurens Theodorus Gronow in 1772, with an erroneous type locality of the Indian Ocean given for this southern African species. The genus is the type genus of the family Congiopodidae, and some authorities regard this family as monogeneric, but the 5th edition of Fishes of the World classifies three other genera within this family. The family is placed in the suborder Scorpaenoidei which in turn is classified within the order Scorpaeniformes in that book but other authorities ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Congiopodus Kieneri
''Congiopodus'' is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Congiopodidae, the pigfishes or horsefishes. These fishes are found in the southern Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Taxonomy Congiopodus was first formally described as a genus in 1811 by the English naturalist George Perry when he described ''Congiopodus percatus'', the type species by monotypy. Subsequently, Perry's species was shown to be a junior synonym of ''Blennius torvus'' which had been described by the Dutch zoologist Laurens Theodorus Gronow in 1772, with an erroneous type locality of the Indian Ocean given for this southern African species. The genus is the type genus of the family Congiopodidae, and some authorities regard this family as monogeneric, but the 5th edition of Fishes of the World classifies three other genera within this family. The family is placed in the suborder Scorpaenoidei which in turn is classified within the order Scorpaeniformes in that book but other authorities ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Congiopodus Torvus
The smooth horsefish (''Congiopodus torvus'') is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Congiopodidae, the horsefishes or pigfishes. It is found in the waters off Southern Africa. Taxonomy The smooth horsefish was first formally described as ''Blennius torvus'' in 1772 by the Dutch zoologist Laurens Theodoor Gronow with the type locality given, probably in error, as the Indian Ocean. In 1811 the English naturalist George Perry described a new species, ''Congiopodus percatus'' which he classified in a new monotypic genus, ''Congiopodus''. This taxon was subsequently considered to be a junior synonym of Gronow's ''Blennius torvus'', so this species is the type species of its genus as ''C. percatus''. The specific name ''torvus'' means "staring eyes", an allusion Gronow did not expand upon but which may refer to the placement of the eyes on the each side at the top of the head. Description The smooth horsefish is a compressed fish with a long continuous do ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Congiopodus Coriaceus
The deepsea pigfish (''Congiopodus coriaceus'') is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Congiopodidae, the horsefishes or pigfishes. It is found around New Zealand, and has been recorded off southern Australia. Taxonomy The deep sea pigfish was first formally described in 1979 by Chris D. Paulin and John M. Moreland with the type locality given as the Campbell Island Rise at 52°56.1'S, 169°55.1'E.The specific name ''coriaceus'' means "leathery", an allusion to the authors’ description of this species as having “thick, smooth, leathery skin”. Description The deepsea pigfish has smooth skin on the body and its anal fin contains no spines. the profile of the head between the eye and the origin of the dorsal fin is angled at around 45° from the horizontal. It has a light coloured horizontal stripe along the flanks running from just behind the head and petering out on the caudal peduncle. The overall colour is brownish ading to cream ventrally. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Congiopodus Leucopaecilus
The southern pigfish (''Congiopodus leucopaecilus'') is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Congiopodidae, the horsefishes or pigfishes. It is found in the waters off southern Australia and New Zealand. Taxonomy The Southern pigfish was first formally described in 1846 as ''Agriopus leucopaecilus'' by the Scottish naval surgeon, naturalist and Arctic explorer John Richardson with the type locality given as "South Australian seas", although this was probably New Zealand. The specific name combines ''leuco'', meaning "white", and ''poecilius'', meaning "mottled", an allusion to the purplish-white spots and blotches on the body of this fish. Description The southern pigfish has smooth skin and no spines in the anal fin. The profile of the head is nearly vertical between the eye and the origin of the dorsal fin. The overall colour of the body is brownish above and cream below marked with a row of pale and dark blotches along the flanks while the remainder ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Congiopodidae
Congiopodidae, commonly known as pigfishes, horsefishes and racehorses, is a family of ray-finned fish classified with in the order Scorpaeniformes. These fishes are native to the Southern Hemisphere. Taxonomy Congiopodidae was first formally recognised as a family by the American biologist Theodore Gill in 1889. The 5th edition of ''Fishes of the World'' classifies the family within the suborder Scorpaenoidei which in turn is classified within the order Scorpaeniformes. Other authorities place the Scorpaenoidei within the Perciformes. The monophyly of the Congiopodidae as set out in ''Fishes of the World'' is not universally agreed upon. Some authorities classify the genus ''Perryena'' in its own subfamily, Perryeninae, in the stonefish family Synanceiidae. The genera ''Alertichthys'' and ''Zanclorhynchus'' are classified within the family Zanclorhynchidae leaving ''Congiopodus'' as the only genus in the monotypic Congiopodidae. The name of the family is based on that of the ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Munne Moreland
John "Jock" Munne Moreland (b 11 January 1921 Wanganui d. June 2012) was a New Zealand marine biologist and ichthyologist who worked at the Dominion Museum, later the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, in Wellington. Career He was brought up and attended school in Wanganui before joining the 3rd Division (New Zealand) serving in the Pacific Theatre during and the 2nd Division (New Zealand) during World War 2. After demobilising he joined the staff of the Dominion Museum. He graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Biology from the Victoria University of Wellington in 1958. He was appointed as an Assistant Zoologist, with Charles McCann , who was the only vertebrate Zoologist at the museum at the time. McCann's interest was in marine mammals so he tasked Moreland with curating the collection of seabirds. This resulted in him becoming responsible for the New Zealand Bird Banding Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves (), characterised by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Perry (naturalist)
George Perry (born 1771) was a 19th-century English naturalist, a malacologist Malacology is the branch of invertebrate zoology that deals with the study of the Mollusca (mollusks or molluscs), the second-largest phylum of animals in terms of described species after the arthropods. Mollusks include snails and slugs, clams, .... Perry is known for two natural history works: *''Arcana; or the museum of natural history'', published monthly from January 1810 to September 1811 *''Conchology, or the natural history of shells'', published in 181online See also * :Taxa named by George Perry (naturalist) References * J. H. Gatliff, 1902. Notes on Perry's “Conchology”. Victorian Naturalist 19(5):75-76 * C. Hedley, 1902. On Perry's Australian shells. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 27(1): 24-28 * G. M. Mathews & T. Iredale, 1913. “Perry’s Arcana” – an overlooked work. Victorian Naturalist 29: 7-16 * A. T. Hopwood, 1946. Miscellaneous notes. 1. Perry's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Smith (zoologist)
Sir Andrew Smith (3 December 1797 – 11 August 1872) was a British surgeon, explorer, ethnologist and zoologist. He is considered the father of zoology in South Africa having described many species across a wide range of groups in his major work, ''Illustrations of the Zoology of South Africa''. Smith was born in Hawick, Roxburghshire. He qualified in medicine at the University of Edinburgh obtaining an M.D. degree in 1819, having joined the Army Medical Services in 1816. South Africa 1820–1837 In 1820 he was ordered to the Cape Colony and was sent to Grahamstown to supervise the medical care of European soldiers and soldiers of the Cape Corps. He was appointed the Albany district surgeon in 1822 and started the first free dispensary for indigent patients in South Africa. He led a scientific expedition into the interior and was able to indulge in his interests of natural history and anthropology. On several occasions, he was sent by governors on confidential missions to vis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georges Cuvier
Jean Léopold Nicolas Frédéric, Baron Cuvier (; 23 August 1769 – 13 May 1832), known as Georges Cuvier, was a French natural history, naturalist and zoology, zoologist, sometimes referred to as the "founding father of paleontology". Cuvier was a major figure in natural sciences research in the early 19th century and was instrumental in establishing the fields of comparative anatomy and paleontology through his work in comparing living animals with fossils. Cuvier's work is considered the foundation of vertebrate paleontology, and he expanded Linnaean taxonomy by grouping classes into phylum, phyla and incorporating both fossils and living species into the classification. Cuvier is also known for establishing extinction as a fact—at the time, extinction was considered by many of Cuvier's contemporaries to be merely controversial speculation. In his ''Essay on the Theory of the Earth'' (1813) Cuvier proposed that now-extinct species had been wiped out by periodic catastrophi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Richardson (naturalist)
Sir John Richardson Royal Society of London, FRS FRSE (5 November 1787 – 5 June 1865) was a Scotland, Scottish naval surgeon, natural history, naturalist and Arctic explorer. Life Richardson was born at Nith Place in Dumfries the son of Gabriel Richardson, Provost of Dumfries, and his wife, Anne Mundell. He was educated at Dumfries Grammar School. He was then apprenticed to his maternal uncle, Dr James Mundell, a surgeon in Dumfries. He studied medicine at Edinburgh University, and became a surgeon in the navy in 1807. He traveled with John Franklin in search of the Northwest Passage on the Coppermine Expedition of 1819–1822. Richardson wrote the sections on geology, botany and ichthyology for the official account of the expedition. Franklin and Richardson returned to Canada in 1825 and went overland by fur trade routes to the mouth of the Mackenzie River. Franklin was to go as far west as possible and Richardson was to go east to the mouth of the Coppermine River. These ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
