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Scorpaenopsis Diabolus
''Scorpaenopsis diabolus'', the false stonefish, false scorpionfish or the devil scorpionfish, is a species of venomous marine ray-finned fish Actinopterygii (; ), members of which are known as ray-finned fishes, is a class of bony fish. They comprise over 50% of living vertebrate species. The ray-finned fishes are so called because their fins are webs of skin supported by bony or hor ... belonging to the Family (biology), family Scorpaenidae, the scorpionfishes. It has venomous spines and lives in the tropical Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific Oceans as well as in the Red Sea. It is a bottom-dwelling Predation, predator that relies on its camouflage to catch passing prey. Taxonomy ''Scorpaenopsis diabolus'' was first formally Species description, described as ''Scorpaena diabolus'' by the French zoologist Georges Cuvier with the Type locality (biology), type locality given as "''Mer du Croisic''", a name for the northern Bay of Biscay, this is clearly erroneous, as this speci ... [...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] |
