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Narcetes
''Narcetes'' is a genus of slickheads. It was formally described by Alfred William Alcock in 1890. It currently contains six described species. The generic name is from Greek νάρκη (''narkē'', "stingray" or "numbness") and -της (''tēs'', forming a masculine noun meaning, from a place). Species There are currently six recognized species in this genus: * '' Narcetes erimelas'' Alcock, 1890 * '' Narcetes kamoharai'' Okamura, 1984 * '' Narcetes lloydi'' Fowler, 1934 (Lloyd's slickhead) *''Narcetes shonanmaruae'' Poulsen, H. Ida, Kawato & Fujiwara Fujiwara (, written: 藤原 lit. "''Wisteria'' field") is a Japanese surname. (In English conversation it is likely to be rendered as .) Notable people with the surname include: ; Families * The Fujiwara clan and its members ** Fujiwara no Kamatari ..., 2021 (Yokozuna slickhead) * '' Narcetes stomias'' ( C. H. Gilbert, 1890) (Blackhead salmon) * '' Narcetes wonderi'' Herre, 1935 References Alepocephalidae {{Argent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Narcetes Stomias
The blackhead salmon (''Narcetes stomias'') is a species of fish in the family Alepocephalidae (slickheads). Classification Despite the common name, it is not a true salmon, which are in the genus ''Salmo'' and are in the distant Salmoniformes order. Its specific name is from Greek στομίας (''stomias'', "hard-mouthed"). Description The blackhead salmon is blackish in colour. Its maximum length is . Habitat The blackhead salmon lives in the Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean; it is bathypelagic or benthopelagic, living at depths of . Reproduction The blackhead salmon lays eggs of up to in diameter. The trematode worm '' Olssonium turneri'' (family Fellodistomidae) is a parasite Parasitism is a close relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives on or inside another organism, the host, causing it some harm, and is adapted structurally to this way of life. The entomologist E. O. Wilson has ... upon it. References {{Ta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Narcetes Shonanmaruae
''Narcetes shonanmaruae'', the yokozuna slickhead, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a slickhead belonging to the family Alepocephalidae. It was first formally described in 2021, the description being based on four specimens which were collected below a depth of in Suruga Bay in Japan. Its largest verified size is , however recent footage with a reference has given the fish a much larger estimated length of , however unverified. The specific name references ''Shonan Maru'', the ship the specimens were collected from. The proposed English name, yokozuna slickhead, refers to the highest ranking of sumo wrestler, the yokozuna , or , is the top division of the six divisions of professional sumo. Its size is fixed at 42 wrestlers (''rikishi''), ordered into five ranks according to their ability as defined by their performance in previous tournaments. This is the on .... References Alepocephalidae Taxa named by Jan Yde Poulsen, Taxa named by Hitoshi Ida Taxa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Narcetes Wonderi
''Narcetes wonderi'' is a species of fish in the family Alepocephalidae (slickheads). It is found in the waters of Japan. Etymology The fish is named in honor of taxidermist Frank C. Wonder (1904-1963) of the Field Museum of Natural History The Field Museum of Natural History (FMNH), also known as The Field Museum, is a natural history museum in Chicago, Illinois, and is one of the largest such museums in the world. The museum is popular for the size and quality of its educational ... in Chicago. References *Nakabo, T., 2002. Fishes of Japan with pictorial keys to the species, English edition I. Tokai University Press, Japan, pp v-866. Alepocephalidae Fish of Japan Taxa named by Albert William Herre Fish described in 1935 {{Rayfinned-fish-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Narcetes Erimelas
''Narcetes erimelas'' is a species of fish in the family Alepocephalidae Slickheads, also known as nakedheads or smoothheads, are deep water fishes that belong to the family Alepocephalidae. They are most commonly found in the bathypelagic layer, which is approximately 3000m below the surface. They get their name from ... (slickheads). The fish is found worldwide. This species reaches a length of . References *Markle, D.F. and Y.I. Sazanov, 1990. Alepocephalidae. p. 246-264. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI, Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 1. Alepocephalidae Taxa named by Alfred William Alcock Fish described in 1890 {{Rayfinned-fish-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Narcetes Kamoharai
''Narcetes kamoharai'' is a species of fish in the family Alepocephalidae (slickheads). The fish is found in the Western Pacific with Japan and the Philippines in its range. This species reaches a length of . Etymology The fish is named in honor of Toshiji Kamohara (1901–1972), an ichthyologist at Kochi University Kochi (), also known as Cochin ( ) ( the official name until 1996) is a major port city on the Malabar Coast of India bordering the Laccadive Sea, which is a part of the Arabian Sea. It is part of the district of Ernakulam in the state of Ke .... References *Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno and T. Yoshino, 1984. The fishes of the Japanese Archipelago. Vol. 1. Tokai University Press, Tokyo, Japan. 437 p. Alepocephalidae Fish of Japan Taxa named by Osamu Okamura Fish described in 1984 {{Rayfinned-fish-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Narcetes Lloydi
Lloyd's slickhead (''Narcetes lloydi'') is a species of fish in the family Alepocephalidae Slickheads, also known as nakedheads or smoothheads, are deep water fishes that belong to the family Alepocephalidae. They are most commonly found in the bathypelagic layer, which is approximately 3000m below the surface. They get their name from ... (slickheads). The fish is found in the Indo-West Pacific: on Indian Ocean ridges, in the Arabian Sea and the South China Sea. This species reaches a length of . Etymology The fish is named in honor of surgeon-naturalist Richard E. Lloyd (b. 1875), of the Marine Survey of India and a student of the deep-sea fishes caught by the RV ‘Investigator,’ in 1909. References *Markle, D.F., 1986. Alepocephalidae. p. 218-223. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. Alepocephalidae Taxa named by Henry Weed Fowler Fish described in 1934 {{Rayfinned-fish-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slickhead
Slickheads, also known as nakedheads or smoothheads, are deep water fishes that belong to the family Alepocephalidae. They are most commonly found in the bathypelagic layer, which is approximately 3000m below the surface. They get their name from the lack of scales on their heads. Similarly, the scientific name is from the Greek ᾰ̓- (''a''-, "not"); λέπος (''lepos'', "scale"); and κεφαλή (''kephalē'', "head"). It has about 22 genera with ca. 96 species. In Japanese they are known as . Description The following characteristics are generally shared by the Alepocephalidae family: Their mouths consist of 80 to 100 razor-sharp teeth, being rather small and feeble. They are shaped in an eel-like elongation, with large eyes, gill rakers that range from moderate to long and numerous, and spineless fins. The single dorsal fin is located posterior to the midpoint of the body and there is no adipose dorsal fin present, there is a pectoral fin ranging from small to rudimenta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masaru Kawato
is a masculine Japanese given name. Possible writings Masaru can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: *勝, "excel" *優, "excel" *大, "large" *将 or 將, "commander" The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana. People with the name *Masaru Akiba (勝), a Japanese football player *Masaru Emoto (勝), a Japanese author *Masaru Furukawa (勝), a Japanese swimmer and olympic champion *, Japanese equestrian *Gagamaru Masaru (勝), a Georgian sumo wrestler * Masaru Hamaguchi (優), Japanese comedian *Masaru Hayami (優), the 28th Governor of the Bank of Japan *Masaru Ibuka (大), a Japanese electronics industrialist *Masaru Ikeda (勝), a Japanese actor and voice actor * Grant Masaru Imahara, an American electronics and radio control expert *Masaru Inada (勝), a Japanese skeleton racer *Inoue Masaru (勝), a Japanese samurai known as the "father of the Japanese railways" *, Japanese field hockey player * Masaru Katori (まさる), a female Japanese wri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Henry Gilbert
Charles Henry Gilbert (December 5, 1859 in Rockford, Illinois – April 20, 1928 in Palo Alto, California) was a pioneer ichthyologist and Fisheries science, fishery biologist of particular significance to natural history of the western United States. He collected and studied fishes from Central America north to Alaska and described many new species. Later he became an expert on Pacific salmon and was a noted conservation movement, conservationist of the Pacific Northwest. He is considered by many as the intellectual founder of American fisheries biology. He was one of the 22 "pioneer professors" (founding faculty) of Stanford University. Early life and education Born in Rockford, Illinois, Gilbert spent his early years in Indianapolis, Indiana, where he came under the influence of his high school teacher, David Starr Jordan (1851‒1931). When Jordan became Professor of Natural History at Butler University in Indianapolis, Gilbert followed and received his B.A. degree in 187 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoshihiro Fujiwara
Yoshihiro is a Japanese masculine given name, and less commonly, a surname. There are dozens of different ways to write the name in kanji. Some examples of possible writings *義弘, "justice, vast" *義広, "justice, wide" *義寛, "justice, generosity" *吉弘, "good luck, vast" *吉広, "good luck, wide" *吉博, "good luck, doctor" *善弘, "virtuous, vast" *善大, "virtuous, big" *善博, "virtuous, doctor" *善裕, "virtuous, abundant" *芳弘, "virtuous/fragrant,vast" *芳広, "virtuous/fragrant, wide" *芳博, "virtuous/fragrant, doctor" *良弘, "good, vast" *良広, "good, wide" *良博, "good, doctor" *慶弘, "congratulate, vast" The name can also be written in hiragana よしひろ or katakana ヨシヒロ. Given name Notable people with the given name Yoshihiro are listed below. Names are written below in Japanese (except for people for whom the kanji used to write their name are not known) with the family name first, followed by a space and the given name. Daim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred William Alcock
Alfred William Alcock (23 June 1859 in Bombay – 24 March 1933 in Belvedere, Kent) was a British physician, naturalist, and carcinologist. Early life and education Alcock was the son of a sea-captain, John Alcock in Bombay, India who retired to live in Blackheath. His mother was a daughter of Christopher Puddicombe, the only son of a Devon squire. Alcock studied at Mill Hill School, at Blackheath Proprietary School and at Westminster School. In 1876 his father faced financial losses and he was taken out of school and sent to India in the Wynaad district. Here he was taken care of by relatives engaged in coffee-planting. As a boy of 17 he spent time in the jungles of Malabar. Career Coffee-planting in Wynaad declined and Alcock obtained a post at a commission agent's office in Calcutta. This office closed soon, and he worked from 1878 to 1880 in Purulia as an agent recruiting unskilled labourers for the Assam tea gardens. While here an acquaintance, Duncan Cameron, le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hitoshi Ida
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