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Helicolenus Lengerichi
''Helicolenus'' is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the Family (biology), family Scorpaenidae where they are classified within the subfamily Sebastinae, the rockfishes. The species in this genus are found in the Indian Ocean, Indian, Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic and Pacific Ocean, Pacific oceans. Taxonomy ''Helicolenus'' was described by a genus in 1896 by the American ichthyologists George Brown Goode & Tarleton Hoffman Bean using ''Scorpaena dactyloptera'' as its type species which had originally been Species description, described by the Republic of Geneva, Genevan physician, naturalist, chemist, botanist and ichthyologist François Étienne Delaroche in 1809. The genus name is a compound of ''helikos'' which means "twisted" or "curved" but meaning "strong" according to Goode and Bean, possibly in error for ''hadros''; and ''oleni'' meaning "elbow" or "arm", an allusion to the “strong pectoral fins” of ''H. dactylopterus''. Species There are 9 recognised specie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blackbelly Rosefish
''Helicolenus dactylopterus'', blackbelly rosefish, bluemouth rockfish, and bluemouth seaperch, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the subfamily Sebastinae which is classified within the family Scorpaenidae. This Atlantic species is a typical sit-and-wait predator with a highly cryptic coloration. Taxonomy ''Helicolenus dactylopterus'' Was first formally described in 1809 as ''Scorpaena dactyloptera'' by the Genevan naturalist François-Étienne de La Roche with the type locality given as Ibiza in the Balearic Islands. When George Brown Goode and Tarleton Hoffman Bean described the genus ''Helicolenus'' in 1896 they designated this species as its type species. The specific name is a compound of ''dactylos'' which means “finger” and ''pterus'' meaning “finned”, an allusion to the lower rays of the pectoral fin, which have tendril-like tips which extend beyond the fin membrane. Distribution ''Helicolenus dactylopterus'' is widely distributed in the A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
