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Sebastes Rastrelliger
''Sebastes rastrelliger'', the grass rockfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the subfamily Sebastinae, the rockfishes, part of the Family (biology), family Scorpaenidae. It is native to the waters of the eastern Pacific Ocean. Taxonomy ''Sebastes rastrelliger'' was first formally Species description, described as ''Sebastichthys rastrelliger'' in 1880 by the American ichthyologists David Starr Jordan and Charles Henry Gilbert with the Type locality (biology), type locality given as Point Conception to Santa Catalina Island (California), Santa Catalina Island in California. Some authorities place this species in the subgenus ''Pteropodus''. The specific name ''rastrelliger'' is a compound of ''rastrella'', a diminutive of ''rastrum'' which means "rake" with ''iger'' meaning "to bear", a reference to the short gill rakers as described by Jordan and Gilbert. Description ''Sebastes rastrelliger'' has a body which has a depth of around one third of its stand ... [...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] |
