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Oligosarcus Amome
''Oligosarcus'' is a genus of characins from freshwater habitats in northern Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, eastern Bolivia, and southern and central Brazil (South, Southeast and Central-West regions). They reach up to in length and are predators that mainly feed on smaller fish. Species There are currently 22 recognized species in this genus: * '' Oligosarcus acutirostris'' Menezes, 1987 * '' Oligosarcus amome'' Almirón, Casciotta, Piálek, Doubnerová & Říčan, 2015Almirón, A., Casciotta, J., Piálek, L., Doubnerová, K. & Říčan, O. (2015): ''Oligosarcus amome'' (Ostariophysi: Characidae), a new species from the río Uruguay basin, Misiones, Argentina. ''Zootaxa, 3915 (4): 581–590.'' * '' Oligosarcus argenteus'' Günther, 1864 * '' Oligosarcus bolivianus'' ( Fowler, 1940) * ''Oligosarcus brevioris'' Menezes, 1987 * ''Oligosarcus hepsetus'' (G. Cuvier, 1829) * ''Oligosarcus itau'' Mirande, Aguilera & Azpelicueta, 2011 * ''Oligosarcus jacuiensis'' Menezes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Günther
Albert Karl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther FRS, also Albert Charles Lewis Gotthilf Günther (3 October 1830 – 1 February 1914), was a German-born British zoologist, ichthyologist, and herpetologist. Günther is ranked the second-most productive reptile taxonomist (after George Albert Boulenger) with more than 340 reptile species described. Early life and career Günther was born in Esslingen in Swabia (Württemberg). His father was a ''Stiftungs-Commissar'' in Esslingen and his mother was Eleonora Nagel. He initially schooled at the Stuttgart Gymnasium. His family wished him to train for the ministry of the Lutheran Church for which he moved to the University of Tübingen. A brother shifted from theology to medicine, and he, too, turned to science and medicine at Tübingen in 1852. His first work was "''Ueber den Puppenzustand eines Distoma''". He graduated in medicine with an M.D. from Tübingen in 1858, the same year in which he published a handbook of zoology for students of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |