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Roa (fish)
''Roa'' is a genus of butterflyfishes native to the Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific oceans. The six species are widely distributed: ''R. australis'' near Australia, ''R. excelsa'' near Hawaii and nearby islands, ''R. jayakari'' near India, ''R. modesta'' near Japan and China, ''R. rumsfeldi'' in the Philippines, and ''R. haraguchiae'' near Japan and the Philippines. Species There are currently eight recognized species in this genus: * ''Roa australis'' Rudie Hermann Kuiter, Kuiter, 2004 (Triple-banded butterflyfish) * ''Roa excelsa'' (David Starr Jordan, D. S. Jordan, 1921) (Hawaiian gold-barred butterflyfish) * ''Roa haraguchiae'' (Uejo, Senou & Motomura, 2020) (Haraguchi's butterflyfish) * ''Roa jayakari'' (John Roxborough Norman, Norman, 1939) (Indian golden-barred butterflyfish) * ''Roa modesta'' (Coenraad Jacob Temminck, Temminck & Hermann Schlegel, Schlegel, 1844) (Japanese golden-barred butterflyfish) * ''Roa rumsfeldi'' (Luiz A. Rocha, Rocha, Hudson Tercio Pinheiro, Pin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Starr Jordan
David Starr Jordan (January 19, 1851 – September 19, 1931) was the founding president of Stanford University, serving from 1891 to 1913. He was an ichthyologist during his research career. Prior to serving as president of Stanford University, he had served as president of Indiana University from 1884 to 1891. Starr was also a strong supporter of eugenics, and his published views expressed a fear of "race-degeneration" and asserted that cattle and human beings are "governed by the same laws of selection". He was an antimilitarist since he believed that war killed off the best members of the gene pool, and he initially opposed American involvement in World War I. Early life and career Jordan was born in Gainesville, New York, and grew up on a farm in upstate New York. His parents made the unorthodox decision to educate him at a local girls' high school. His middle name, Starr, does not appear in early census records, and was apparently self-selected; he had begun using ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
