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Tilefish
250px, Blue blanquillo, ''Malacanthus latovittatus'' Tilefishes are mostly small perciform marine fish comprising the family Malacanthidae. They are usually found in sandy areas, especially near coral reefs. Commercial fisheries exist for the largest species, making them important food fish. However, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warns pregnant or breastfeeding women against eating tilefish and some other fish due to mercury contamination. Exceptionally colorful smaller species of tilefish are favored for aquariums. Taxonomic issues The family is further divided into two subfamilies: Latilinae, sometimes called the Branchiosteginae, and Malacanthinae. Some authors regard these subfamilies as two evolutionarily distinct families. The placement of this family within the Eupercaria is still not certain. The 5th Edition of Fishes of the World classifies them within the Perciformes but in a grouping of seven families which may have a relationship to Acanthuroidei, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malacanthinae
250px, Blue blanquillo, ''Malacanthus latovittatus'' Tilefishes are mostly small perciform marine fish comprising the family Malacanthidae. They are usually found in sandy areas, especially near coral reefs. Commercial fisheries exist for the largest species, making them important food fish. However, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warns pregnant or breastfeeding women against eating tilefish and some other fish due to mercury contamination. Exceptionally colorful smaller species of tilefish are favored for aquariums. Taxonomic issues The family is further divided into two subfamilies: Latilinae, sometimes called the Branchiosteginae, and Malacanthinae. Some authors regard these subfamilies as two evolutionarily distinct families. The placement of this family within the Eupercaria is still not certain. The 5th Edition of Fishes of the World classifies them within the Perciformes but in a grouping of seven families which may have a relationship to Acanthuroidei, M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latilinae
250px, Blue blanquillo, ''Malacanthus latovittatus'' Tilefishes are mostly small perciform marine fish comprising the family Malacanthidae. They are usually found in sandy areas, especially near coral reefs. Commercial fisheries exist for the largest species, making them important food fish. However, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warns pregnant or breastfeeding women against eating tilefish and some other fish due to mercury contamination. Exceptionally colorful smaller species of tilefish are favored for aquariums. Taxonomic issues The family is further divided into two subfamilies: Latilinae, sometimes called the Branchiosteginae, and Malacanthinae. Some authors regard these subfamilies as two evolutionarily distinct families. The placement of this family within the Eupercaria is still not certain. The 5th Edition of Fishes of the World classifies them within the Perciformes but in a grouping of seven families which may have a relationship to Acanthuroidei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caulolatilus
''Caulolatilus'' is a genus of tilefishes native to the Pacific and Atlantic coasts of the Americas. This genus is regarded as the least specialised and the most basal of the tilefishes. Species There are currently 11 recognized species in this genus: * ''Caulolatilus affinis'' T. N. Gill, 1865 (Bighead tilefish) * ''Caulolatilus bermudensis'' Dooley, 1981 (Bermuda tilefish) * ''Caulolatilus chrysops'' (Valenciennes, 1833) (Atlantic goldeneye tilefish) * ''Caulolatilus cyanops'' Poey, 1866 (Blackline tilefish) * ''Caulolatilus dooleyi'' Berry, 1978 (Bankslope tilefish) * ''Caulolatilus guppyi'' Beebe & Tee-Van, 1937 (Reticulated tilefish) * ''Caulolatilus hubbsi'' Dooley, 1978 (Hubbs' tilefish) * ''Caulolatilus intermedius'' Howell-Rivero, 1936 (Gulf bareye tilefish) * ''Caulolatilus microps'' Goode & T. H. Bean, 1878 (Grey tilefish) * ''Caulolatilus princeps'' ( Jenyns, 1840) (Ocean whitefish) * ''Caulolatilus williamsi'' Dooley & Berry A berry is a small, pulpy, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hoplolatilus Randalli
''Hoplolatilus'' is a genus of tilefishes native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. Species There are currently 13 recognized species in this genus: * '' Hoplolatilus chlupatyi'' Klausewitz, McCosker, J. E. Randall & Zetzsche, 1978 (Chameleon sand tilefish) * ''Hoplolatilus cuniculus'' J. E. Randall & Dooley, 1974 (Dusky tilefish) * ''Hoplolatilus erdmanni'' G. R. Allen, 2007 (Triton tilefish) * ''Hoplolatilus fourmanoiri'' J. L. B. Smith, 1964 (Yellow-spotted tilefish) * '' Hoplolatilus fronticinctus'' ( Günther, 1887) (Pastel tilefish) * '' Hoplolatilus geo'' H. Fricke & Kacher, 1982 * '' Hoplolatilus luteus'' G. R. Allen & Kuiter, 1989 (Yellow tilefish) * '' Hoplolatilus marcosi'' W. E. Burgess, 1978 (Redback sand tilefish) * '' Hoplolatilus oreni'' ( E. Clark & Ben-Tuvia, 1973) * '' Hoplolatilus pohle'' Earle Earle may refer to: * Earle (given name) * Earle (surname) Places * Earle, Arkansas, a city in Crittenden County, Arkansas, US * Earl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Branchiostegus
''Branchiostegus'' is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes, tilefishes belonging to the family Malacanthidae. They are found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean through the Indian Ocean to the western Pacific Ocean. Here they create burrows in soft substrates in the comparatively deep waters of the continental shelf and slope. Characteristics ''Branchiostegus'' tilefishes have a rectangular body shape with a square profile to the head. They have a raised seam situated to the anterior of the dorsal fin, this can be reduced but it is always there. They have a body which is around four times as long as it is deep. There are fine serrations on the preopercular upper arm while its lower arm has very few or no serrations and there is no spine at its angle. The operculum has a single flexible, blunt spine. The mouth is slightly angled and extend to the front of the eye. The dorsal and anal fins are long and unbroken. The dorsal fin has 6 to 8 spines, typically 7 and 14 to 16, normally 15, so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mercury In Fish
The presence of mercury in fish is a health concern for people who eat them, especially for women who are or may become pregnant, nursing mothers, and young children. Fish and shellfish concentrate mercury in their bodies, often in the form of methylmercury, a highly toxic organomercury compound. This element is known to bioaccumulate in humans, so bioaccumulation in seafood carries over into human populations, where it can result in mercury poisoning. Mercury is dangerous to both natural ecosystems and humans because it is a metal known to be highly toxic, especially due to its neurotoxic ability to damage the central nervous system. In human-controlled ecosystems of fish, usually done for market production of wanted seafood species, mercury clearly rises through the food chain via fish consuming small plankton, as well as through non-food sources such as underwater sediment. Fish products have been shown to contain varying amounts of heavy metals, particularly mercury and f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lopholatilus
''Lopholatilus'' is a small genus of tilefishes native to the western Atlantic Ocean. Species There are currently two recognized extant species In biology, a species is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of ... in this genus: * '' Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps'' Goode & T. H. Bean, 1879 (Great northern tilefish) * '' Lopholatilus villarii'' A. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1915 (Tile fish) There is also an extinct species: * †'' Lopholatilus ereborensis'' Carnevale & Godfrey, 2014 References Malacanthidae {{Perciformes-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malacanthus%20latovittatus
The blue blanquillo, ''Malacanthus latovittatus'', also known as the banded blanquillo, striped blanquillo, false whiting, sand tilefish or eye of the sea, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a tilefish belonging to the family Malacanthidae. It is found in the Indo-Pacific. Description The blue blanquillo has an elongated body with a pointed snout, the mouth reaching as far as the forward nostril. The margin of the preoperculum is smooth and the Gill cover has a sharp spine which is similar in size to diameter of the pupil. The head and anterior part of the body are blue, this colour fades posteriorly. There is a wide black lateral stripe which starts from the base of the pectoral fin in adults and from the snout in juveniles. The adults have fine lattice patterning on their upper back with a white area on the middle of the rear margin of the caudal fin. There is a pale line along upper margin of the greyish dorsal fin, the anal and pelvic fins are white while the pectoral fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eupercaria
Percomorpha () is a large clade of ray-finned fish that includes the tuna, seahorses, gobies, cichlids, flatfish, wrasse, perches, anglerfish, and pufferfish. Evolution Percomorpha are the most diverse group of teleost fish today. Teleosts, and percomorphs in particular, thrived during the Cenozoic era. Fossil evidence shows that there was a major increase in size and abundance of teleosts immediately after the mass extinction event at the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary ca. 65 Ma ago. Phylogeny External relationships The two cladograms below are based on Betancur-R ''et al.'', 2017. Percomorphs are a clade of teleost fishes. The first cladogram shows the interrelationships of percomorphs with other living groups of teleosts. Internal relationships The following cladogram shows the evolutionary relationships of the various groups of extant Extant is the opposite of the word extinct. It may refer to: * Extant hereditary titles * Extant literature, surviving literature ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mercury Poisoning
Mercury poisoning is a type of metal poisoning due to exposure to mercury. Symptoms depend upon the type, dose, method, and duration of exposure. They may include muscle weakness, poor coordination, numbness in the hands and feet, skin rashes, anxiety, memory problems, trouble speaking, trouble hearing, or trouble seeing. High-level exposure to methylmercury is known as Minamata disease. Methylmercury exposure in children may result in acrodynia (pink disease) in which the skin becomes pink and peels. Long-term complications may include kidney problems and decreased intelligence. The effects of long-term low-dose exposure to methylmercury are unclear. Forms of mercury exposure include metal, vapor, salt, and organic compound. Most exposure is from eating fish, amalgam-based dental fillings, or exposure at a workplace. In fish, those higher up in the food chain generally have higher levels of mercury, a process known as biomagnification. Less commonly, poisoning may ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monodactylidae
Monodactylidae is a family of perciform bony fish commonly referred to as monos, moonyfishes or fingerfishes. All are strongly laterally compressed with disc-shaped bodies and tall anal and dorsal fins. Unusually for fish, scales occur on their dorsal fins and sometimes on the anal fins. The pelvic fins are small, sometimes vestigial. They are of moderate size, typically around in length, and ''Monodactylus sebae'' can be taller than it is long, measuring up to from the tip of the dorsal fin down to the tip of the anal fin. These long, scaly fins have given them the name "fingerfishes". Most are silvery with yellow and black markings; the juveniles are especially attractive, and most species are popular as aquarium fish. The family contains six extant species in two genera, ''Monodactylus'' and ''Schuettea''. They are distributed along the coastlines of Africa, India, and southern Asia, and as far west as Australia. Species of ''Monodactylus'' in particular commonly occur in es ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tarleton Hoffman Bean
Tarleton Hoffman Bean (October 8, 1846 – December 28, 1916) was an American ichthyologist. Biography and education Tarleton Hoffman Bean was born to George Bean and Mary Smith Bean in Bainbridge, Pennsylvania, on October 8, 1846. He attended State Normal School at nearby Millersport, Pennsylvania, graduating in 1866. He received an M.D. degree from Columbian University, now George Washington University, Washington, DC, 1876. In 1883, he was awarded an M.S. degree from the Indiana University on the basis of his professional accomplishments, although he did not attend classes there. He married Laurette H. van Hook, daughter of John Welsh VanHook, a local Washington businessman, in 1878 in Washington, DC. They had one daughter, Caroline van Hook Bean (born in Washington on November 16, 1879), a noted artist who later married Bernardus Blommers, Jr. His brother, Barton Appler Bean, also became an ichthyologist and worked under him at the National Museum. Bean died in Albany, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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