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Secutor (fish)
''Secutor'' is a genus of ponyfishes native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. Genus name ''Secutor'' was coined by Gistel in 1848 with Peter Forsskål, Forsskål’s ''Scombrops equula'' as its type species, this being a Synonym (taxonomy), synonym for ''Leiognathus equulus''. In 1904 Fowler created the genus ''Deveximentum'' with Bloch’s ''Zeus insidiator'' as its type species. Fishbase still uses ''Secutor'' as the name but Catalog of Fishes states that as the type species for ''Secutor'' is synonymous with ''L. equulus'' then ''Secutor'' is a synonym of ''Leiognathus'' and prefers Fowler’s ''Deveximentum''. Species There are currently seven recognized species in this genus: * ''Secutor hanedai'' Kenji Mochizuki, Mochizuki & Masayoshi Hayashi, Hayashi, 1989 * ''Secutor indicius'' Supap Monkolprasit, Monkolprasit, 1973 * ''Secutor insidiator'' (Marcus Elieser Bloch, Bloch, 1787) (Pugnose ponyfish) * ''Secutor interruptus'' (Achille Valenciennes, Valencien ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johannes Von Nepomuk Franz Xaver Gistel
Johannes von Nepomuk Franz Xaver Gistel ''Gistl(11 August 1809 – 9 March 1873) was a German naturalist. He worked at the Museum of Natural History in Regensburg, and wrote on a range of topics under the pseudonyms Garduus and G. Tilesius (an anagram). His contributions to entomology include descriptions of species, with many new names he proposed now mostly relegated to synonymy. Gistel's father Franz Xaver Gistl (1783–1815) worked at the a royal riding school and died in 1813. Gistel was raised by his mother, Maria Anna Gistl (née Hahn, born 1772) and his older sister Katharina Leonora (born 1808). School records indicate that his original name was Lorenz Gistl. He was educated in schools in Rempart and Schönfeld before joining the royal gymnasium in Munich in 1822. His degrees in medicine and philosophy appear to be fake. He wrote works on entomology such as ''Die jetzt lebenden Entomologen, Kerffreunde und kerfsammler Europa’s und der übrigen Continente'' (1836) and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Secutor Indicius
A secutor (''pl.'' secutores) was a class of gladiator in ancient Rome. Thought to have originated around 50 AD, the secutor ("follower" or "chaser", from ''sequor'' "I follow, come or go after") was armed similarly to the Murmillo gladiator and like the Murmillo, was protected by a heavy shield. A secutor usually carried a short sword, a gladius, or a dagger. The secutor was specially trained to fight a retiarius, a type of lightly armoured gladiator armed with a trident and net. Equipment The secutor wore a ''subligaculum'' (loincloth), and a ''Baldric#Roman balteus, balteus'' (a wide belt much like that of the retiarius). On his right arm he wore a ''Manica (armguard), manica'' (a heavy linen or metal wrapping tied with leather thongs). On his left leg he wore an ''ocrea'' (a greave made of boiled leather or metal). He also carried a ''Scutum (shield), scutum'' (a curved rectangular shield) to protect himself. The very distinctive helmet of the secutor had only two small e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |