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Mystriophis
''Mystriophis'' is a genus of eels in the snake eel family Ophichthidae. It currently contains the following species: * '' Mystriophis crosnieri'' Blache, 1971 * '' Mystriophis rostellatus'' ( J. Richardson, 1848) (African spoon-nose eel) References * Ophichthidae {{Ophichthidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mystriophis Crosnieri
''Mystriophis crosnieri'', known commonly as the spoon-nose eel in the United Kingdom, is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).''Mystriophis crosnieri'' at www.fishbase.org. It was described by in 1971.Blache, J., 1971 ef. 7667''Contribution à la connaissance des Poissons anguilliformes de la côte occidentale d'Afrique.'' Onzième note: les genres Mystriophis et Echiopsis (Fam. des Ophichthidae). Bulletin de l'Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire (Serie A) Sciences Naturelles v. 33 (no. 1): 202-226. It is a |
Mystriophis Rostellatus
The African spoon-nose eel (''Mystriophis rostellatus'', also known commonly as the west coast snake eel or simply snake eel,) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).''Mystriophis rostellatus'' at www.fishbase.org. It was described by John Richardson in 1848.Richardson, J., 1844-48 ef. 3740''Ichthyology of the voyage of H. M. S. Erebus & Terror,... In: J. Richardson & J. E. Gray. The zoology of the voyage of H. H. S. "Erebus & Terror," under the command of Captain Sir J. C. Ross ... during ... 1839-43.'' London. v. 2 (2): i-viii + 1-139, Pls. 1-60. It is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johann Jakob Kaup
Johann Jakob von Kaup (10 April 1803 – 4 July 1873) was a German naturalist. A proponent of natural philosophy, he believed in an innate mathematical order in nature and he attempted biological classifications based on the Quinarian system. Kaup is also known for having coined popular prehistoric taxa like '' Pterosauria'' and ''Machairodus''. Biography He was born at Darmstadt. After studying at Göttingen and Heidelberg he spent two years at Leiden, where his attention was specially devoted to the amphibians and fishes. He then returned to Darmstadt as an assistant in the grand ducal museum, of which in 1840 he became inspector. In 1829 he published ''Skizze zur Entwickelungsgeschichte der europäischen Thierwelt'', in which he regarded the animal world as developed from lower to higher forms, from the amphibians through the birds to the beasts of prey; but subsequently he repudiated this work as a youthful indiscretion, and on the publication of Darwin's ''Origin of Species' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacques Blache
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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] |
