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Peprilus Medius
''Peprilus'' is a genus of fish in the family Stromateidae found in Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. Species There are currently 9 recognized species in this genus: * '' Peprilus burti'' Fowler, 1944 (Gulf butterfish) * '' Peprilus crenulatus'' G. Cuvier, 1829 Marceniuk, A.P., Caires, R., Siccha-Ramirez, R. & Oliveira, C. (2016): Review of the harvestfishes, genus ''Peprilus'' (Perciformes: Stromateidae), of the Atlantic coast of South America. ''Zootaxa, 4098 (2): 311–332.'' * '' Peprilus medius'' ( W. K. H. Peters, 1869) (Pacific harvestfish) * '' Peprilus ovatus'' Horn, 1970 (Shining butterfish) * '' Peprilus paru'' (Linnaeus, 1758) (American harvestfish) * '' Peprilus simillimus'' ( Ayres, 1860) (Pacific pompano) * '' Peprilus snyderi'' C. H. Gilbert & Starks, 1904 (Salema butterfish) * '' Peprilus triacanthus'' ( W. Peck, 1804) (Atlantic butterfish) * '' Peprilus xanthurus'' ( Quoy & Gaimard Joseph Paul Gaimard (31 January 1793 – 10 December 1858) was a Frenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georges Cuvier
Jean Léopold Nicolas Frédéric, Baron Cuvier (; 23 August 1769 – 13 May 1832), known as Georges Cuvier, was a French natural history, naturalist and zoology, zoologist, sometimes referred to as the "founding father of paleontology". Cuvier was a major figure in natural sciences research in the early 19th century and was instrumental in establishing the fields of comparative anatomy and paleontology through his work in comparing living animals with fossils. Cuvier's work is considered the foundation of vertebrate paleontology, and he expanded Linnaean taxonomy by grouping classes into phylum, phyla and incorporating both fossils and living species into the classification. Cuvier is also known for establishing extinction as a fact—at the time, extinction was considered by many of Cuvier's contemporaries to be merely controversial speculation. In his ''Essay on the Theory of the Earth'' (1813) Cuvier proposed that now-extinct species had been wiped out by periodic catastrophi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilhelm Peters
Wilhelm Karl Hartwich (or Hartwig) Peters (22 April 1815 in Koldenbüttel – 20 April 1883) was a German natural history, naturalist and explorer. He was assistant to the anatomist Johannes Peter Müller and later became curator of the Natural History Museum, Berlin, Berlin Zoological Museum. Encouraged by Müller and the explorer Alexander von Humboldt, Peters travelled to Mozambique via Angola in September 1842, exploring the coastal region and the Zambesi River. He returned to Berlin with an enormous collection of natural history specimens, which he then described in ''Naturwissenschaftliche Reise nach Mossambique... in den Jahren 1842 bis 1848 ausgeführt'' (1852–1882). The work was comprehensive in its coverage, dealing with mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, river fish, insects and botany. He replaced Martin Lichtenstein as curator of the museum in 1858, and in the same year he was elected a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. In a few years, he g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean René Constant Quoy
Jean René Constant Quoy (10 November 1790 in Maillé, Vendée, Maillé – 4 July 1869 in Rochefort, Charente-Maritime, Rochefort) was a French naval surgeon, zoologist and anatomist. In 1806, he began his medical studies at the school of naval medicine at Rochefort, Charente-Maritime, Rochefort, afterwards serving as an auxiliary-surgeon on a trip to the Antilles (1808–1809). After earning his medical doctorate in 1814 at Montpellier, he was surgeon-major on a journey to Réunion (1814–1815). Along with Joseph Paul Gaimard, he served as naturalist and surgeon aboard the ''Uranie'' under Louis de Freycinet from 1817 to 1820, and on the ''French ship Astrolabe (1817), Astrolabe'' (1826–1829) under the command of Jules Dumont d'Urville. In July 1823 he and Gaimard presented a paper to the Académie royale des Sciences on the origin of coral reefs, taking issue with the then widespread belief that these were constructed by coral polyps from bases in very deep water and arguin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peprilus Xanthurus
''Peprilus'' is a genus of fish in the family Stromateidae found in Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. Species There are currently 9 recognized species in this genus: * '' Peprilus burti'' Fowler, 1944 (Gulf butterfish) * ''Peprilus crenulatus'' G. Cuvier, 1829 Marceniuk, A.P., Caires, R., Siccha-Ramirez, R. & Oliveira, C. (2016): Review of the harvestfishes, genus ''Peprilus'' (Perciformes: Stromateidae), of the Atlantic coast of South America. ''Zootaxa, 4098 (2): 311–332.'' * ''Peprilus medius'' ( W. K. H. Peters, 1869) (Pacific harvestfish) * ''Peprilus ovatus'' Horn, 1970 (Shining butterfish) * '' Peprilus paru'' (Linnaeus, 1758) (American harvestfish) * '' Peprilus simillimus'' ( Ayres, 1860) (Pacific pompano) * ''Peprilus snyderi'' C. H. Gilbert & Starks, 1904 (Salema butterfish) * '' Peprilus triacanthus'' ( W. Peck, 1804) (Atlantic butterfish) * '' Peprilus xanthurus'' ( Quoy & Gaimard Joseph Paul Gaimard (31 January 1793 – 10 December 1858) was a French na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Dandridge Peck
William Dandridge Peck (May 8, 1763 – October 8, 1822) was an American naturalist, the first native-born entomologist and a pioneer in the field of economic entomology. In 1806 he became the first professor of natural history at Harvard, a position he held until his death in 1822. Biography Peck was born in Boston on May 8, 1763, the son of John Peck, a noted naval architect, and his wife Hannah Jackson.Essig 1931 His mother died when he was seven years old. In 1782 he graduated from Harvard College and though he aspired to become a physician, his father encouraged him to enter business. Peck was unhappy with his occupation and eventually moved to Kittery, Maine where he lived with his father on a small coastal farm.Obituary 1823Mallis 1971 Peck lived as a recluse on the farm for twenty years, only occasionally leaving to visit friends in Boston. He also suffered bouts of severe depression. Despite his isolation and disability, he studied natural history and became adept in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peprilus Triacanthus
The American butterfish (''Peprilus triacanthus''), also known as the Atlantic butterfish, is a butterfish of the family Stromateidae.Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2019). FishBase. Peprilus triacanthus (Peck, 1804). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159828 on 2019-12-02 Description Fish of this species are usually deep-bodied, flattened sideways, and somewhat circular or rounded, with blunt noses and small mouths with weak teeth. Some other characteristics of this fish are the absence of ventral fins, one long, continuous dorsal fin, long pectoral fins, and tiny, cycloid scales. The tail fin is nearly as long as the dorsal fin and deeply forked. The American butterfish is similar in appearance to its close relative, the harvestfish (''Peprilus alepidotus''), but can be distinguished by its much lower dorsal and tail fin. This fish is a lead-blue color above with pale sides and a silvery belly. It of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edwin Chapin Starks
Edwin Chapin Starks (born in Baraboo, Wisconsin on January 25, 1867; died December 29, 1932) was an ichthyologist most associated with Stanford University. He was known as an authority on the osteology of fish. He also did studies of fish of the Puget Sound Puget Sound ( ) is a sound of the Pacific Northwest, an inlet of the Pacific Ocean, and part of the Salish Sea. It is located along the northwestern coast of the U.S. state of Washington. It is a complex estuarine system of interconnected ma .... His wife and daughter were also both involved in either science or natural history. See also * :Taxa named by Edwin Chapin Starks References {{DEFAULTSORT:Starks, Edwin Chapin American ichthyologists Stanford University Department of Biology faculty Stanford University alumni 1867 births 1932 deaths People from Baraboo, Wisconsin ... [...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] |
Peprilus Snyderi
''Peprilus'' is a genus of fish in the family Stromateidae found in Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. Species There are currently 9 recognized species in this genus: * '' Peprilus burti'' Fowler, 1944 (Gulf butterfish) * ''Peprilus crenulatus'' G. Cuvier, 1829 Marceniuk, A.P., Caires, R., Siccha-Ramirez, R. & Oliveira, C. (2016): Review of the harvestfishes, genus ''Peprilus'' (Perciformes: Stromateidae), of the Atlantic coast of South America. ''Zootaxa, 4098 (2): 311–332.'' * ''Peprilus medius'' ( W. K. H. Peters, 1869) (Pacific harvestfish) * ''Peprilus ovatus'' Horn, 1970 (Shining butterfish) * '' Peprilus paru'' (Linnaeus, 1758) (American harvestfish) * '' Peprilus simillimus'' ( Ayres, 1860) (Pacific pompano) * '' Peprilus snyderi'' C. H. Gilbert & Starks, 1904 (Salema butterfish) * '' Peprilus triacanthus'' ( W. Peck, 1804) (Atlantic butterfish) * '' Peprilus xanthurus'' ( Quoy & Gaimard Joseph Paul Gaimard (31 January 1793 – 10 December 1858) was a French n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Orville Ayres
William Orville Ayres (September 11, 1817 – April 30, 1887) was an American physician and ichthyologist. Born in Connecticut, he studied to become a doctor at Yale University School of Medicine. Life and career Ayers, the son of Jared and Dinah (Benedict) Ayres, was born in New Canaan, Conn, September 11, 1817. He graduated from Yale College in 1837. For fifteen years after graduation he was employed as a teacher as follows in Berlin, Conn. (1837–38), Miller's Place, L. I. (1838–41), East Hartford, Conn. (1842–44), Sag Harbor, L. I. (1844–47), and Boston, Mass (1845–52). He began the study of medicine in Boston, and in 1854 received the degree of M.D. from Yale College. He then removed to San Francisco, Cal., where he remained for nearly twenty years, engaged in practice. He also served as Professor of the Theory and Practice of Medicine in the Toland Medical College in that city. He removed to Chicago shortly before the great fire of 1871, in which he suffered co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peprilus Simillimus
''Peprilus simillimus'' is ray-finned fish in the family Stromateidae and therefore belongs to the order Scombiformes. The fish can reach a length of 28 centimeters. Habitat ''Peprilus simillimus'' is a saltwater fish. The fish prefers a subtropical climate and lives mainly in the Pacific Ocean. The depth spread is 9 to 91 meters below the surface of the water. Relationship to humans ''Peprilus simillimus'' is of considerable commercial importance for fishing. In angling Angling is a fishing technique that uses a fish hook or "angle" (from Old English ''angol'') attached to a fishing line to tether individual fish in the mouth. The fishing line is usually manipulated via a fishing rod, although rodless techni ..., little is hunted for the fish. References * Froese, R., D. Pauly. and editors. 2005 FishBase Electronic publicationwww.fishbase.org version 06/2005. # ↑br>''Peprilus simillimus'' on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. External links Picture ... [...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] |
