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South Fiji Basin
The South Fiji Basin ( also Fiji Basin ) is a large deep oceanic basin in the south-west Pacific Ocean, south of Fiji. It was formed from the then Indo-Australian Plate and is delimited to the north west by the New Hebrides Trench, and the Hunter Fracture Zone, to the west by the Three Kings Ridge, to the east by the Lau-Colville Ridge, and to the south by the continental shelf of Zealandia. Geology Over the basement volcanics is deposited up to of sediment. The thicker sediments of the Kupe Abyssal Plain nearer New Zealand and land commenced to accumulate from the end of the Oligocene onwards and terminated in the Pliocene with likely minor contributions from southern Lau-Colville Ridge volcanoes. The oldest basalt dredged from the Minerva Abyssal Plain is 26.0 ± 1.0 but it is unknown if this is of basement or later volcanic origin. However drill site 285 in the Minerva Abyssal Plain also has basement volcanics that are dated to 26 Ma. The oldest other drill basem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fiji
Fiji ( , ,; fj, Viti, ; Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी, ''Fijī''), officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies about north-northeast of New Zealand. Fiji consists of an archipelago of more than 330 islands—of which about 110 are permanently inhabited—and more than 500 islets, amounting to a total land area of about . The most outlying island group is Ono-i-Lau. About 87% of the total population of live on the two major islands, Viti Levu and Vanua Levu. About three-quarters of Fijians live on Viti Levu's coasts: either in the capital city of Suva; or in smaller urban centres such as Nadi—where tourism is the major local industry; or in Lautoka, where the Sugarcane, sugar-cane industry is dominant. The interior of Viti Levu is sparsely inhabited because of its terrain. The majority of Fiji's islands were formed by Volcano, volcanic activity starting around 150 million years ago. Some geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pacific Plate
The Pacific Plate is an oceanic tectonic plate that lies beneath the Pacific Ocean. At , it is the largest tectonic plate. The plate first came into existence 190 million years ago, at the triple junction between the Farallon, Phoenix, and Izanagi Plates. The Pacific Plate subsequently grew to where it underlies most of the Pacific Ocean basin. This reduced the Farallon Plate to a few remnants along the west coast of North America and the Phoenix Plate to a small remnant near the Drake Passage, and destroyed the Izanagi Plate by subduction under Asia. The Pacific Plate contains an interior hot spot forming the Hawaiian Islands. Boundaries The north-eastern side is a divergent boundary with the Explorer Plate, the Juan de Fuca Plate and the Gorda Plate forming respectively the Explorer Ridge, the Juan de Fuca Ridge and the Gorda Ridge. In the middle of the eastern side is a transform boundary with the North American Plate along the San Andreas Fault, and a boundary with the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zoarcidae
The eelpouts are the ray-finned fish family (biology), family Zoarcidae. As the common name suggests, they are somewhat eel-like in appearance. All of the roughly 300 species are ocean, marine and mostly bottom-dwelling, some at great depths. Eelpouts are predominantly found in the Northern Hemisphere. The arctic, north pacific and north Atlantic oceans have the highest concentration of species, however species are found around the globe. They are conventionally placed in the "perciform" assemblage; in fact, the Zoarcoidei seem to be specialized members of the Gasterosteiformes-Scorpaeniformes group of Acanthopterygii. The largest member of the family is ''Zoarces americanus'', which may reach 1.1 m in length. Other notable genera include ''Lycodapus'' and ''Gymnelus''. Taxonomy The eelpout family was first proposed as the family Zoarchidae in 1839 by the English naturalist William John Swainson but the spelling was changed to Zoarcidae after the spelling of the genus Zoarces w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barathrites Iris
''Barathrites iris'' is a species of fish in the family Ophidiidae The cusk-eel family, Ophidiidae, is a group of marine bony fishes in the Ophidiiformes order. The scientific name is from the Greek ''ophis'' meaning "snake", and refers to their eel-like appearance. True eels, however, diverged from other ray- .... References Ophidiidae Animals described in 1911 {{Ophidiidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bassozetus
''Bassozetus'' is a genus of cusk-eels found in Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Ocean. Species There are currently 13 recognized species in this genus: * ''Bassozetus compressus'' ( Günther, 1878) (Abyssal assfish) Tomiyama, S., Takami, M. & Fukui, A. (2015): Redescription of ''Bassozetus compressus'' (Günther 1878), a senior synonym of ''Bassozetus elongatus'' Smith and Radcliffe 1913 (Ophidiiformes: Ophidiidae). ''Ichthyological Research, 63 (2): 218-226.'' * ''Bassozetus galatheae'' J. G. Nielsen & Merrett, 2000 (Galathea assfish) * ''Bassozetus glutinosus'' ( Alcock, 1890) (Glutin assfish) * ''Bassozetus levistomatus'' Machida, 1989 * ''Bassozetus mozambiquensis'' Tomiyama, Takami & A. Fukui, 2016 (Mozambique assfish) Tomiyama, S., Takami, M. & Fukui, A. (2016): A new deepwater assfish, ''Bassozetus mozambiquensis'' sp. nov. (Ophidiiformes: Ophidiidae), from the western Indian Ocean. ''Ichthyological Research, 64 (1): 13–17.'' * ''Bassozetus multispinis'' Shcherbachev, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bassogigas
''Bassogigas'' is a genus of cusk eel from the subfamily Neobythitinae, part of the family Ophidiidae. The generic name "''Bassogigas''" comes from a combination of two Latin Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through the power of the ... words: ''bassus'', which means "deep" and ''gigas'' which means "giant". The species are found in the Indo-Pacific and western Atlantic Ocean. Abstract Species The following two species are contained within the genus ''Bassogigas'': * '' Bassogigas gillii'' Goode & Bean, 1896 * '' Bassogigas walkeri'' Nielsen & Møller, 2011 – (Walker's cusk eel) References {{Ophidiidae-stub Ophidiidae Marine fish genera Ray-finned fish genera Taxa named by Tarleton Hoffman Bean Taxa named by George Brown Goode ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cusk-eel
The cusk-eel family, Ophidiidae, is a group of marine bony fishes in the Ophidiiformes order. The scientific name is from the Greek ''ophis'' meaning "snake", and refers to their eel-like appearance. True eels, however, diverged from other ray-finned fish during the Jurassic, while cusk-eels are part of the Percomorpha clade, along with tuna, perch, seahorses, and others. Distribution Cusk-eels are found in temperate and tropical oceans throughout the world. They live close to the sea bottom, ranging from shallow water to the hadal zone. One species, ''Abyssobrotula galatheae'', was recorded at the bottom of the Puerto Rico trench, making it the deepest recorded fish at . Ecology Cusk-eels are generally very solitary in nature, but some species have been seen to associate themselves with tube worm communities. Liking to be hidden when they are not foraging, they generally associate themselves within muddy bottoms, sinkholes, or larger structures that they can hide in or ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aldrovandia Affinis
''Aldrovandia'' is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Halosauridae. They occur in the Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian Oceans. They can reach in total length. Species This genus currently contains the following recognized species: * '' Aldrovandia affinis'' ( Günther, 1877) (Gilbert's halosaur) * '' Aldrovandia gracilis'' Goode & T. H. Bean, 1896 (gracile halosaur) * '' Aldrovandia mediorostris'' ( Günther, 1887) (Challenger halosaur) * '' Aldrovandia oleosa'' Sulak, 1977 (Bahamas halosaur) * ''Aldrovandia phalacra ''Aldrovandia phalacra'', the Hawaiian halosaurid, is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Halosauridae. It is a circumglobal species found at bathyal depths. Description ''Aldrovandia phalacra'' is a long, slim, cylindrical fish growing ...'' ( Vaillant, 1888) (Hawaiian halosaur) * '' Aldrovandia rostrata'' ( Günther, 1878) (rostrate halosaur) References Halosauridae Marine fish genera Ray-finned fish genera Deep sea fish Taxa named ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Halosaur
Halosaurs are eel-shaped fishes found only at great ocean depths. As the family Halosauridae, halosaurs are one of two families within the order Notacanthiformes; the other being the deep-sea spiny eels, Notacanthidae. Halosaurs are thought to have a worldwide distribution, with some 17 species in three genera represented. Only a handful of specimens have been observed alive, all in chance encounters with Remotely operated underwater vehicles. The term "halosaur" refers to the type genus, ''Halosaurus'', which is a Greek compound word, ''hals'' meaning "sea" and ''sauros'' meaning "lizard". Halosaurs have a spotty fossil record, the oldest known genus being ''Echidnocephalus'' from the Late Cretaceous strata of Westphalia, Germany, and the second-oldest known genus, ''Laytonia'', from Miocene strata of California and Oregon. The fossil specimens already bear strong resemblance to the modern genera. The halosaurs' greatly elongated bodies end in whip-like tails; their scales are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cutthroat Eel
Cutthroat eels are a family, Synaphobranchidae, of eels, the only members of the suborder Synaphobranchoidei. They are found worldwide in temperate and tropical seas. Cutthroat eels range from in length. They are bottom-dwelling fish, found in deep waters down to about . They are distinguished by the presence of telescopic eyes in the larvae. In some classifications (for example, ITIS The Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) is an American partnership of federal agencies designed to provide consistent and reliable information on the taxonomy of biological species. ITIS was originally formed in 1996 as an interagenc ...), this family is split, with '' Simenchelys'' in its own family, the Simenchelyidae. References * {{anguilliformes-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pachycara Moelleri
''Pachycara'' is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the Family (biology), family Zoarcidae, the eelpouts. The fishes in this genus are found in the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Indian, Southern Ocean, Southern and Pacific Ocean. Species There are currently 29 recognized species in this genus: * ''Pachycara alepidotum'' M. Eric Anderson, M. E. Anderson & Michael Maia Mincarone, Mincarone, 2006 * ''Pachycara angeloi'' Ralf Thiel, Thiel, Thomas Kneblsberger, Kneblsberger, Terue Kihara, Kihara & Klass Gerdes, Gerdes, 2021 * ''Pachycara andersoni'' Peter Rask Møller, Møller, 2003 (Anderson's eelpout) * ''Pachycara arabica'' Møller, 2003 (Arabian eelpout) * ''Pachycara brachycephalum'' (Paul Pappenheim, Pappenheim, 1912) * ''Pachycara bulbiceps'' (Samuel Garman, Garman, 1899) (Snub-nose eelpout) * ''Pachycara caribbaeum'' M. E. Anderson, Russell N. Somerville, R. N. Somerville & Jonathan Timothy Peter Copley, Copley, 2016 Anderson, M.E., Somerville, R. & Cop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pachycara
''Pachycara'' is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Zoarcidae, the eelpouts. The fishes in this genus are found in the Atlantic, Indian, Southern and Pacific Ocean. Species There are currently 29 recognized species in this genus: * '' Pachycara alepidotum'' M. E. Anderson & Mincarone, 2006 * '' Pachycara angeloi'' Thiel, Kneblsberger, Kihara & Gerdes, 2021 * '' Pachycara andersoni'' Møller, 2003 (Anderson's eelpout) * ''Pachycara arabica'' Møller, 2003 (Arabian eelpout) * ''Pachycara brachycephalum'' (Pappenheim, 1912) * '' Pachycara bulbiceps'' (Garman, 1899) (Snub-nose eelpout) * ''Pachycara caribbaeum'' M. E. Anderson, R. N. Somerville & Copley, 2016 Anderson, M.E., Somerville, R. & Copley, J.T. (2016): A new species of ''Pachycara'' Zugmayer, 1911 (Teleostei: Zoarcidae) from deep-sea chemosynthetic environments in the Caribbean Sea. ''Zootaxa, 4066 (1): 71-77.'' * ''Pachycara cousinsi'' Møller & N. J. King 2007 (Brown eelpout) * ''Pachyc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
