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Ophidiinae
Ophidiinae is a subfamily of the cusk eel family Ophidiidae. The species in the subfamily are characterised by having their pelvic fins situated far forward on the body and supported by a forward orientated extension of the pelvic girdle, they lack barbels on the mouth and chin and they are covered in small cycloid scales arranged in horizontal or diagonal rows. Some species have a modified swim bladder and the anterior vertebrae which enables them to generate sounds. and some of these modifications are sexually dimorphic and make the fish capable of generating sound. They have two rays in each ventral fin and the caudal fin has 9 rays. Most species are benthic and occur on the continental shelf. Genera The following genera are classified under the Ophidiinae: * ''Cherublemma'' Trotter, 1926 * '' Chilara'' Jordan & Evermann, 1896 * ''Genypterus'' Philippi, 1857 * '' Lepophidium'' Gill, 1895 * '' Ophidion'' Linnaeus, 1758 * ''Otophidium'' Gill, 1885 * '' Parophidion'' Tortonese, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cusk Eel
The cusk-eel family, Ophidiidae, is a group of marine bony fishes in the Ophidiiformes order. The scientific name is from the Greek ''ophis'' meaning "snake", and refers to their eel-like appearance. True eels, however, diverged from other ray-finned fish during the Jurassic, while cusk-eels are part of the Percomorpha clade, along with tuna, perch, seahorses, and others. Distribution Cusk-eels are found in temperate and tropical oceans throughout the world. They live close to the sea bottom, ranging from shallow water to the hadal zone. One species, '' Abyssobrotula galatheae'', was recorded at the bottom of the Puerto Rico trench, making it the deepest recorded fish at . Ecology Cusk-eels are generally very solitary in nature, but some species have been seen to associate themselves with tube worm communities. Liking to be hidden when they are not foraging, they generally associate themselves within muddy bottoms, sinkholes, or larger structures that they can hide in or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ophidiidae
The cusk-eel family, Ophidiidae, is a group of marine bony fishes in the Ophidiiformes order. The scientific name is from the Greek ''ophis'' meaning "snake", and refers to their eel-like appearance. True eels, however, diverged from other ray-finned fish during the Jurassic, while cusk-eels are part of the Percomorpha clade, along with tuna, perch, seahorses, and others. Distribution Cusk-eels are found in temperate and tropical oceans throughout the world. They live close to the sea bottom, ranging from shallow water to the hadal zone. One species, ''Abyssobrotula galatheae'', was recorded at the bottom of the Puerto Rico trench, making it the deepest recorded fish at . Ecology Cusk-eels are generally very solitary in nature, but some species have been seen to associate themselves with tube worm communities. Liking to be hidden when they are not foraging, they generally associate themselves within muddy bottoms, sinkholes, or larger structures that they can hide in or ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otophidium
''Otophidium'' is a genus of cusk-eels, part of the subfamily Ophidiinae in the family Ophidiidae. They are found in the western Atlantic and eastern Pacific. Species There are currently four recognized species in this genus: * ''Otophidium chickcharney'' J. E. Böhlke & Robins, 1959 (Ghost cusk-eel) * ''Otophidium dormitator'' J. E. Böhlke & Robins, 1959 (Sleeper cusk-eel) * ''Otophidium indefatigabile'' D. S. Jordan & Bollman, 1890 (Bighead cusk-eel) * ''Otophidium omostigma The polka-dot cusk-eel (''Otophidium omostigma''), is a species of ray-finned fish found in the Western Atlantic The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . It covers approximately 20% of Ea ...'' ( D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882) (Polka-dot cusk-eel) References Ophidiidae Ray-finned fish genera Taxa named by Theodore Gill {{Ophidiidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Constantine Samuel Rafinesque
Constantine Samuel Rafinesque-Schmaltz (; October 22, 1783September 18, 1840) was a French 19th-century polymath born near Constantinople in the Ottoman Empire and self-educated in France. He traveled as a young man in the United States, ultimately settling in Ohio in 1815, where he made notable contributions to botany, zoology, and the study of prehistoric earthworks in North America. He also contributed to the study of ancient Mesoamerican linguistics, in addition to work he had already completed in Europe. Rafinesque was an eccentric and erratic genius. He was an autodidact, who excelled in various fields of knowledge, as a zoologist, botanist, writer and polyglot. He wrote prolifically on such diverse topics as anthropology, biology, geology, and linguistics, but was honored in none of these fields during his lifetime. Indeed, he was an outcast in the American scientific community whose submissions were rejected automatically by leading journals. Among his theories were th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chilara
''Chilara taylori'', the spotted cusk-eel, is a species of cusk-eel found along the eastern coast of the Pacific Ocean where it is found at depths down to around from Washington, United States to Ecuador. This species grows to a length of TL. It is the only known member of its genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com .... References Ophidiidae Fish of the Pacific Ocean Fish described in 1858 Taxa named by Charles Frédéric Girard {{Ophidiidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raneya
The banded cusk-eel (''Raneya brasiliensis'') is a species of cusk-eel found along the southeast coast of South America from southern Brazil to northern Argentina. It occurs at depths of from and is of minor importance in commercial fisheries. This species grows to a length of TL. It is the only known member of its genus. The generic name honours the American ichthyologist Edward C. Raney (1909–1984) of Cornell University Cornell University is a private statutory land-grant research university based in Ithaca, New York. It is a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White, Cornell was founded with the intention to teach an ... who introduced the describer Charles R. Robins to ichthyology. References Ophidiidae Monotypic fish genera Taxa named by Johann Jakob Kaup Fish described in 1856 {{Ophidiidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enrico Tortonese
Enrico is both an Italian masculine given name and a surname, Enrico means homeowner, or king, derived from ''Heinrich'' of Germanic origin. It is also a given name in Ladino. Equivalents in other languages are Henry (English), Henri ( French), Enrique (Spanish), Henrique (Portuguese) and Hendrik (Dutch). Notable people with the name include: Given name * Enrico Albertosi (born 1939), Italian former football goalkeeper * Enrico Alfonso (born 1988), Italian football player * Enrico Alvino (1808–1872), Italian architect and urban designer * Enrico Annoni (born 1966), retired Italian professional footballer * Enrico Arrigoni (1894–1986), Italian individualist anarchist * Enrico Baj (1924–2003), Italian artist and art writer * Enrico Banducci (1922–2007), American impresario * Enrico Barone (1859–1924), Italian economist * Enrico Berlinguer (1923–1984), Italian politician * Enrico Bertaggia (born 1964), Italian former racing driver * Enrico Betti (1823–1892), Italian mat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parophidion
''Parophidion'' is a genus of cusk-eels found in the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. Species There are currently two recognized species in this genus: * '' Parophidion schmidti'' ( Woods & Kanazawa, 1951) (Dusky cusk-eel) - western Atlantic Bermuda ) , anthem = "God Save the King" , song_type = National song , song = " Hail to Bermuda" , image_map = , map_caption = , image_map2 = , mapsize2 = , map_caption2 = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = , e ... to northern South America. * '' Parophidion vassali'' ( A. Risso, 1810) - Mediterranean and adjacent areas of the eastern Atlantic. References Ophidiidae {{Ophidiidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming organisms. He is known as the "father of modern taxonomy". Many of his writings were in Latin; his name is rendered in Latin as and, after his 1761 ennoblement, as . Linnaeus was born in Råshult, the countryside of Småland, in southern Sweden. He received most of his higher education at Uppsala University and began giving lectures in botany there in 1730. He lived abroad between 1735 and 1738, where he studied and also published the first edition of his ' in the Netherlands. He then returned to Sweden where he became professor of medicine and botany at Uppsala. In the 1740s, he was sent on several journeys through Sweden to find and classify plants and animals. In the 1750s and 1760s, he continued to collect an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ophidion (fish)
''Ophidion'' is a genus of cusk-eels. Species There are currently 29 recognized species in this genus: * '' Ophidion antipholus'' R. N. Lea & C. R. Robins, 2003 (Longnose cusk-eel) * '' Ophidion asiro'' ( D. S. Jordan & Fowler, 1902) * '' Ophidion barbatum'' Linnaeus, 1758 (Snake blenny) * '' Ophidion dromio'' R. N. Lea & C. R. Robins, 2003 (Shorthead cusk-eel) * '' Ophidion exul'' C. R. Robins, 1991 * '' Ophidion fulvum'' (Hildebrand & F. O. Barton, 1949) (Earspot cusk-eel) * '' Ophidion galeoides'' ( C. H. Gilbert, 1890) (Striped cusk-eel) * '' Ophidion genyopus'' ( J. D. Ogilby, 1897) (Ravenous cusk) * '' Ophidion grayi'' ( Fowler, 1948) (Blotched cusk-eel) * '' Ophidion guianense'' R. N. Lea & C. R. Robins, 2003 (Guianan cusk-eel) * '' Ophidion holbrookii'' Putnam, 1874 (Band cusk-eel) * '' Ophidion imitator'' R. N. Lea, 1997 (Mimic cusk-eel) * '' Ophidion iris'' Breder, 1936 (Rainbow cusk-eel) * '' Ophidion josephi'' Girard, 1858 * '' Ophidion lagochila'' ( J. E. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theodore 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 Associati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lepophidium
''Lepophidium'' is a genus of cusk-eels. Species There are currently 21 recognized species in this genus: * '' Lepophidium aporrhox'' C. R. Robins, 1961 (Dusky cusk-eel) * '' Lepophidium brevibarbe'' (G. Cuvier, 1829) (Shortbeard cusk-eel) * '' Lepophidium collettei'' C. R. Robins, R. H. Robins & M. E. Brown, 2012Robins, C.R., Robins, R.H. & Brown, M.E. (2012): A revision of Lepophidium (Teleoastei, Ophidiidae), with descriptions of eight new species. ''Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History, 52 (1): 1-94.'' * '' Lepophidium crossotum'' C. R. Robins, R. H. Robins & M. E. Brown, 2012 * '' Lepophidium cultratum'' C. R. Robins, R. H. Robins & M. E. Brown, 2012 * '' Lepophidium entomelan'' C. R. Robins, R. H. Robins & M. E. Brown, 2012 * '' Lepophidium gilmorei'' C. R. Robins, R. H. Robins & M. E. Brown, 2012 * ''Lepophidium jeannae'' Fowler, 1941 (Mottled cusk-eel) * '' Lepophidium kallion'' C. R. Robins, 1959 * ''Lepophidium marmoratum'' (Goode & T. H. Bean ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
