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Mogurnda Thermophila
''Mogurnda'' is a genus of freshwater fishes in the family Eleotridae native to eastern and northern Australia and New Guinea. Several species are Endemism, endemic to Lake Kutubu in Papua New Guinea. Species The currently recognized species in this genus are: * ''Mogurnda adspersa'' Francis de Laporte de Castelnau, Castelnau, 1878 ([southern] purple-spotted gudgeon) * ''Mogurnda aiwasoensis'' Gerald R. Allen, G. R. Allen & Samuel Jafet Renyaan, Renyaan, 1996 * ''Mogurnda arguni'' G. R. Allen & Renny Kurnia Hadiaty, Hadiaty, 2014 Allen, G.R. & Hadiaty, R.K. (2014): Two new species of freshwater gudgeons (Eleotridae: Mogurnda) from the Arguni Bay Region of West Papua, Indonesia. ''aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology, 20 (2): 97-110.'' * ''Mogurnda aurifodinae'' Gilbert Percy Whitley, Whitley, 1938 (northern mogurnda) * ''Mogurnda cingulata'' G. R. Allen & Douglass Fielding Hoese, Hoese, 1991 (banded mogurnda) * ''Mogurnda clivicola'' G. R. Allen & Aaron Peter Jenkins, A. P. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theodore Nicholas Gill
Theodore Nicholas Gill (March 21, 1837 – September 25, 1914) was an American ichthyologist, mammalogist, malacologist and librarian. Career Born and educated in New York City under private tutors, Gill early showed interest in natural history. He was associated with J. Carson Brevoort in the arrangement of the latter's entomological and ichthyological collections before going to Washington D.C. in 1863 to work at the Smithsonian Institution. He catalogued mammals, fishes and mollusks most particularly although maintaining proficiency in other orders of animals. He was librarian at the Smithsonian and also senior assistant to the Library of Congress. He was elected as a member of the American Philosophical Society in 1867. Gill was professor of zoology at George Washington University. He was also a member of the Megatherium Club at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. Fellow members frequently mocked him for his vanity. He was president of the American Association f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
