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Pervagor Randalli
''Pervagor'' is a genus of filefishes native to the Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific Oceans. Species There are currently 8 recognized species in this genus:Matsuura, K. (2014): Taxonomy and systematics of tetraodontiform fishes: a review focusing primarily on progress in the period from 1980 to 2014. ''Ichthyological Research, 62 (1): 72-113.'' * ''Pervagor alternans'' (James Douglas Ogilby, J. D. Ogilby, 1899) (Yelloweye filefish) * ''Pervagor aspricaudus'' (Henri Louis Gabriel Marc Hollard, Hollard, 1854) (Orangetail filefish) * ''Pervagor janthinosoma'' (Pieter Bleeker, Bleeker, 1854) (Blackbar filefish) * ''Pervagor marginalis'' J. Barry Hutchins, Hutchins, 1986 * ''Pervagor melanocephalus'' (Pieter Bleeker, Bleeker, 1853) (Redtail filefish) * ''Pervagor nigrolineatus'' (Albert William Herre, Herre, 1927) (Black-lined filefish) * ''Pervagor randalli'' J. Barry Hutchins, Hutchins, 1986 * ''Pervagor spilosoma'' (George Tradescant Lay, Lay & Edward Turner Bennett, E. T. Bennett, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilbert Percy Whitley
Gilbert Percy Whitley (9 June 1903 – 18 July 1975) was a British-born Australian ichthyologist and malacologist who was Curator of Fishes at the Australian Museum in Sydney for about 40 years. He was born at Swaythling, Southampton, England, and was educated at King Edward VI School, Southampton and the Royal Naval College, Osborne. Whitley migrated with his family to Sydney in 1921 and he joined the staff of the Australian Museum in 1922 while studying zoology at Sydney Technical College and the University of Sydney. In 1925 he was formally appointed Ichthyologist (later Curator of Fishes) at the Museum, a position he held until retirement in 1964. During his term of office he doubled the size of the ichthyological collection to 37,000 specimens through many collecting expeditions. Whitley was also a major force in the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales, of which he was made a Fellow in 1934 and where he served as president during 1940–41, 1959–60 and 1973–74. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |