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Prickleback
Stichaeidae, the pricklebacks or shannies, are a family of marine ray-finned fishes in the suborder Zoarcoidei of the order Scorpaeniformes. Most species are found in the North Pacific Ocean with a few in the North Atlantic Ocean. Taxonomy Stichaeidae was first proposed as a family in 1864 by the American zoologist Theodore Gill, although he called it the Stichaeoidae. The 5th edition of '' Fishes of the World'' classifies this family within the suborder Zoarcoidei, within the order Scorpaeniformes. Other authorities classify this family in the infraorder Zoarcales wihin the suborder Cottoidei of the Perciformes because removing the Scorpaeniformes from the Perciformes renders that taxon non monophyletic. ''Fishes of the World'' mentions six subfamilies but does not assign genera to the subfamilies while other authorities split the Cebidichthyidae, Opisthocentridae, Lumpenidae and Neozoarcidae from the Sitchaeidae as valid families. The genera which are classified within the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernogrammus
''Ernogrammus'' is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Stichaeidae, the pricklebacks or shannies.} These fishes are found in the North Pacific Ocean. Taxonomy ''Ernogrammus'' was first proposed as a genus in 1898 by the American ichthyologists David Starr Jordan and Barton Warren Evermann with ''Stichaeus enneagrammus'', which had been described by Rudolf Kner in 1868 from Decastris Bay on the Tatar Strait in the northern Sea of Japan, as the only species in this monotypic genus. ''S. enneagrammus'' is now considered to be a junior synonym of Schlegel's ''Stichaeus hexagrammus''. This genus is classified within the subfamily Stichaeinae of the Zoarcoid family Stichaeidae. Species ''Ernogrammus'' contains 3 species: * '' Ernogrammus hexagrammus'' (Schlegel, 1845) (Six-lined prickleback) * '' Ernogrammus walkeri'' Follett & Powell, 1988 (Masked prickleback) * '' Ernogrammus zhirmunskii'' Markevich & Kharin, 2011 (Seven-lined prickleback) Etymol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cebidichthys Violaceus
The monkeyface prickleback (''Cebidichthys violaceus''), also commonly known as the monkeyface eel, is a species of prickleback native to the Pacific coast of North America. Despite being commonly called an eel due to its body shape, it does not fall into the fish order Anguilliformes with true eels, but the Perciformes along with nearly half of all bony fish. Ecology Ranging from southern Oregon down to the northern reaches of the Mexican state of Baja California, monkeyface pricklebacks are coastal fish that live in rocky, tidal areas close to shore. First described by Girard in 1854, the fish spawn on the sea floor and show some nest guarding behavior. While young monkeyface pricklebacks feed on zooplankton and crustaceans, adults are primarily herbivorous, feeding on red and green algae. Adults have few predators other than humans, but young fish are vulnerable to birds and other fish, such as grass rockfish. The species reaches a maximum size of and may live up to 18 year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scorpaeniformes
The Scorpaeniformes are a diverse order of ray-finned fish, including the lionfishes and sculpins, but have also been called the Scleroparei. It is one of the five largest orders of bony fishes by number of species, with over 1,320. They are known as "mail-cheeked" fishes due to their distinguishing characteristic, the suborbital stay: a backwards extension of the third circumorbital bone (part of the lateral head/cheek skeleton, below the eye socket) across the cheek to the pre operculum, to which it is connected in most species. Scorpaeniform fishes are carnivorous, mostly feeding on crustaceans and on smaller fish. Most species live on the sea bottom in relatively shallow waters, although species are known from deep water, from the midwater, and even from fresh water. They typically have spiny heads, and rounded pectoral and caudal fins. Most species are less than in length, but the full size range of the order varies from the velvetfishes belonging to the family Aploactin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plagiogrammus
The crisscross prickleback (''Plagiogrammus hopkinsii'') is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Stichaeidae, the pricklebacks and shannies. It is the only species in the monotypic genus ''Plagiogrammus''. This fish is found in the eastern Pacific Ocean off California. Taxonomy The crisscross prickleback was first formally described in 1894 by the American ichthyologist Tarleton Hoffman Bean with its type locality given as Monterey, California. Bean placed his new species in a new monotypic genus, ''Plagiogrammus''. This taxon is classified within the subfamily Stichaeinae of the Zoarcoid family Stichaeidae. Etymology The crisscross pickleback's generic name, is a compound of ''plagio'', meaning "slanting", and ''grammus'', meaning line. Bean did not explain what this alluded to but it may refer to the upper lateral line “curves very slightly” over the pectoral fin. The specific name honors Timothy Hopkins, who founded the Seaside Laboratory a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arctic Shanny
The Arctic shanny (''Stichaeus punctatus'') is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Stichaeidae, the pricklebacks and shannies. This species occurs in the North Pacific, Arctic and western North Atlantic Oceans. Taxonomy The Arctic shanny was first formally described in 1780 as ''Blennius punctatus'' by the Danish zoologist Johan Christian Fabricius, giving its type locality as Western Greenland. When Johan Reinhardt proposed the genus '' Stichaeus'' he designated ''Blennius punctatus'' as its type species. The specific name ''punctatus'' means spotted, a reference to the 5 or 6 spots on the dorsal fin. Subspecies Some authorities recognise two subspecies of the Arctic shanny: The nominate subspecies is found in the northern western Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and is sympatric with ''S.p. pulcherrimus'' in the Sea of Okhtosk and this subspecies may be a valid, distinct species. Description The Arctic shanny has the moderately elongated, laterally comp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Askoldia
''Askoldia'' is a monotypic genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Stichaeidae, the pricklebacks and shannies. Its only species is ''Askoldia variegata'' which is found in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. Taxonomy ''Askoldia'' was first proposed as a monospecific genus in 1910 by the Russian ichthyologist Mikhail Nikolaevich Pavlenko when he described its only species ''A. variegatus'', with its type locality given as near Askold Island in Peter the Great Bay in the Sea of Japan, Russia. The genus is placed in the subfamily Opisthocentrinae within the family Stichaeidae by some authorities, while other classify this taxon as a valid family, Opisthocentridae. Some authorities also recognise two subspecies, the nominate ''A.v. variegata'' and ''A.v. knipowitschi'' but the validity of this subsepcies is not generally accepted. ''Askoldia'' is considered to be closely related to '' Kasatkia''. Etymology ''Askoldia'' is named after its type locality, Askold Islan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Opisthocentrinae
Opisthocentrinae is a subfamily of marine ray-finned fishes, classified within the family Stichaeidae, the pricklebacks or shannies. These fishes are found in the North Pacific Ocean. Taxonomy Opisthocentrinae was first put forward as a subfamily in 1898 by the American ichthyologists David Starr Jordan and Barton Warren Evermann. The 5th edition of Fishes of the World places this subfamily in the family Stichaeidae but other authorities treat this taxon as valid family within the suborder Zoarcoidei, either in the Scorpaeniformes, or the Perciformes. The name of the subfamily is taken from its type genus ''Opisthocentrus'' which is a combination of ''opistho'', meaning "behind", and ''kentron'', which means "thorn" or "spine", an allusion to the spines on the 11th and 12th rays in the dorsal fin of ''O. ocellatus''. Etymology ''Opisthocentrus'' is a combination of ''opistho'', meaning "behind", and ''kentron'', which means "thorn" or "spine", an allusion to the spines on t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ulvaria (fish)
The radiated shanny (''Ulvaria subbifurcata'') is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Stichaeidae, the pricklebacks and shannies. It is the only species in the monotypic genus ''Ulvaria''. This fish is found in the northwestern Atlantic Ocean. Taxonomy The radiated shanny was first formally described in as ''Pholis subfurcatus'' in 1839 by the American naturalist and physician David Humphreys Storer. Storer gave its type locality as the “intertidal zone” at Nahant, Massachusetts. In 1896 David Starr Jordan and Barton Warren Evermann placed ''P. subfurcatus'' in the monospecific genus ''Ulvaria''. This taxon is placed in the subfamily Stichaeinae within the Stichaeidae. Description The radiated shanny has an elongate, rather robust, eel shaped body. The terminal mouth has jaws of the similar length with small teeth. The head is rounded and it has large eyes. The long dorsal fin is confluent with the caudal fin, a membrane connects the two but the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johan Reinhardt
Johannes Christopher Hagemann Reinhardt (23 December 1778 – 31 October 1845), sometimes called J. C. H. Reinhardt, was a professor in zoology at the University of Copenhagen. Born in Rendalen parish in Norway, his father, Johannes Henrik Reinhardt, was a priest, and his mother, Johanne Elisabeth Mommesen, was from Holmestrand (Norway). He was not baptized Johannes, but adopted the name later. After having been educated at home, he came to Copenhagen in 1792 and entered the university in 1793, where he passed the first two examinations, but after that spent almost two years at home, where he used the opportunity to study plants and animals. In 1796, he returned to Copenhagen to study theology, but his tendencies pulled him away from this study and towards natural history. He became a disciple of Martin Vahl, with whose help Reinhardt in 1801 got the opportunity to travel abroad, where he stayed until 1806 (in the beginning a mentor for a son of the titular councillor of state J.C. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stichaeus
''Stichaeus'' is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Stichaeidae, the pricklebacks or shannies. These fishes are mainly found in the North Pacific Ocean with one species in the Arctic and western North Atlantic Oceans. Taxonomy ''Stichaeus'' was first proposed as a monospecific genus in 1836 by the Danish zoologist Johan Reinhardt with ''Blennius punctatus'', which was described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1780 from western Greenland, designated as the type species. This genus is classified within the subfamily Stichaeinae of the Zoarcoid family Stichaeidae. Species ''Stichaeus'' contains 6 extant species and 2 known extinct species, as follows: † means extinct Etymology The genus name, ''Stichaeus'' means "to set in a row", and is presumed to refer to the row of 5 or 6 circular spots on the dorsal fin. Characteristics ''Stichaeus'' species have moderately elongated, laterally compressed bodies which are covered in tiny cycloid scales, altho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rudolf Kner
Rudolf Ignaz Kner (24 August 1810 – 27 October 1869) was an Austrian geologist, paleontologist, zoologist and ichthyologist. He also wrote some poems which were published by his brother-in-law K.A. Kaltenbrunner. Biography Kner was born in Linz where his father Johann Evangelist Georg Kner (1763-1845) was a tax officer. His mother Barbara (1770-1825), daughter of forester Johann von Adlersburg was earlier married to apothecary Felix Gulielmo until his death. Barbara had a daughter Marie Gulielmo from her earlier marriage before having Rudolf and his sister Pauline. Pauline Anna Barbara Kner (1809-1843) married the Austrian poet Karl Adam Kaltenbrunner (1804-1867) in 1834. Rudolf studied in the secondary school in Linz from 1818 and the high school from 1821. During this period he was encouraged in the natural sciences with a gift of minerals from his uncle Hallstatt Maximilian Kner (1755–1821). From 1823 he went to the Stiftsgymnasium Kremsmünster. His godfather, Ign ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stichaeopsis
''Stichaeopsis'' is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Stichaeidae, the pricklebacks or shannies. These fishes are found in the western North Pacific Ocean. Taxonomy ''Stichaeopsis'' was first proposed as a monospecific genus in 1870 by the Austrian ichthyologist Rudolf Kner with ''Stichaeopsis nana'', which was described as a new species by Kner from Decastris Bay on the Tatar Strait in the northern Sea of Japan, as its only species. This genus is classified within the subfamily Stichaeinae of the Zoarcoid family Stichaeidae. Species ''Stichaeopsis'' contains three extant and one known extinct species, as follows: † means extinct Etymology ''Stichaeopsis'' means "having the appearance of ''Stichaeus'', by which Kner is thought to have meant that the type species ''S. nana'' was similar in appearance to ''Stichaeus'' species. Characteristics ''Stichaeopsis'' fishes have moderately elongated bodies which has strong lateral compression and has n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
