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Pterygotrigla Polyommata
''Pterygotrigla polyommata'', the latchet, butterfly gurnard, flying gurnard, lachet gurnard, pastry, sharpbeak gurnard, spiny gurnard or spinybeak gurnard, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the Family (biology), family Triglidae, the gurnards and sea robins. It is found in the southeastern Indian and southwestern Pacific Oceans. Taxonomy ''Pterygotrigla polyommata'' was first formally Species description, described as ''Trigla polyommata'' in 1839 by the Scottish people, Scottish naval surgeon, Arctic exploration, Arctic explorer and naturalist John Richardson (naturalist), John Richardson with the Type locality (biology), type locality given as Port Arthur, Tasmania. In 1867 Alphonse Guichenot created the genus ''Hoplonotus'' with its monotypic taxon, only species beingRichardson's ''T. polyommata'', however, this genus name was preoccupied by a genus of beetles and in 1899 Edgar Ravenswood Waite proposed the new name ''Pterygotrigla'' to replace it. This specie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Richardson (naturalist)
Sir John Richardson Royal Society of London, FRS FRSE (5 November 1787 – 5 June 1865) was a Scotland, Scottish naval surgeon, natural history, naturalist and Arctic explorer. Life Richardson was born at Nith Place in Dumfries the son of Gabriel Richardson, Provost of Dumfries, and his wife, Anne Mundell. He was educated at Dumfries Grammar School. He was then apprenticed to his maternal uncle, Dr James Mundell, a surgeon in Dumfries. He studied medicine at Edinburgh University, and became a surgeon in the navy in 1807. He traveled with John Franklin in search of the Northwest Passage on the Coppermine Expedition of 1819–1822. Richardson wrote the sections on geology, botany and ichthyology for the official account of the expedition. Franklin and Richardson returned to Canada in 1825 and went overland by fur trade routes to the mouth of the Mackenzie River. Franklin was to go as far west as possible and Richardson was to go east to the mouth of the Coppermine River. These ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
