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Devario Xyrops
''Devario'' is a genus of fish in the family (biology), family Cyprinidae native to the rivers and streams of South Asia, South and Southeast Asia. These fishes have short Barbel (anatomy), barbels and many species having vertical or horizontal stripes. These species consume various small, aquatic insects, crustaceans and worms, as well as, in the case of fry, plankton. Species Currently, 43 species in this genus are recognized: * ''Devario acrostomus'' (Fang Fang Kullander, F. Fang & Maurice Kottelat, Kottelat, 1999) * ''Devario acuticephala'' (Sunder Lal Hora, Hora, 1921) * ''Devario aequipinnatus'' (John McClelland (doctor), McClelland, 1839) (Giant danio) * ''Devario affinis'' (Edward Blyth, Blyth, 1860) * ''Devario annandalei'' (Banawari Lal Chaudhuri, Chaudhuri, 1908) * ''Devario anomalus'' Kevin W. Conway, Conway, Richard Lee Mayden, Mayden & Kevin L. Tang, Tang, 2009 * ''Devario apogon'' (Chu Xin-Luo, Chu, 1981) * ''Devario apopyris'' (Fang Fang Kullander, F. Fang & Mauri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johann Jakob Heckel
Johann Jakob Heckel (23 January 1790 – 1 March 1857) was an Austrian taxidermist, zoologist, and ichthyologist from Mannheim in the Electoral Palatinate. Life Though not a formally trained biologist, he worked his way up through the ranks to eventually become the director of the Fish Collection at the Naturhistorisches Museum in Vienna. For the most part, he was not a traveler or explorer like many of the scientists of the time, he remained in Vienna, where he studied and catalogued specimens sent to him from the field. Among those who brought specimens to him were Karl Alexander Hügel, Joseph Russegger and Theodor Kotschy — involving collection activities in Kashmir, the Middle East and northeastern Africa that greatly enriched the Vienna museum. Fish were his specialty and he worked with many of the greatest ichthyologists of his time including Cuvier, Valenciennes, Bonaparte, Müller, and Troschel. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |