genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
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 ...
in the
family
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Apogonidae
Cardinalfishes are a family, Apogonidae, of ray-finned fishes found in the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans; they are chiefly marine, but some species are found in brackish water and a few (notably ''Glossamia'') are found in fresh water. A h ...
native to the
Indian
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Peoples South Asia
* Indian people, people of Indian nationality, or people who have an Indian ancestor
** Non-resident Indian, a citizen of India who has temporarily emigrated to another country
* South Asia ...
and
Pacific Ocean
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The etymology of the word ''Ostorhinchus'' is Greek, with ''Ostor-'' stemming from ὀστέον (bone), and ''-rhinchus'' stemming from ῥῠ́γχος (Ancient Greek) or ρύγχος (Modern Greek), the meaning of which can be beak. The latter refers to the genus' advanced boned jaw.
Radcliffe
Radcliffe or Radcliff may refer to:
Places
* Radcliffe Line, a border between India and Pakistan
United Kingdom
* Radcliffe, Greater Manchester
** Radcliffe Tower, the remains of a medieval manor house in the town
** Radcliffe tram stop
* ...
Bleeker Bleeker is a Dutch occupational surname. Bleeker is an old spelling of ''(linnen)bleker'' ("linen bleacher").O. aroubiensis'' (
Hombron
Jacques Bernard Hombron (1798–1852) was a French naval surgeon and naturalist.
Hombron served on the French voyage of the ''Astrolabe'' and ''Zélée'' between 1837 and 1840 to investigate the perimeter of Antarctica. He described a number of p ...
Lacépède Lacepede can refer to:
* Bernard Germain de Lacépède (1756–1825), French naturalist and politician.
* Lacepede Bay, a bay in South Australia.
* Lacépède, Lot-et-Garonne, a ''commune'' in France
* Lacepede Islands, a group of four islands in t ...
Hayashi
Hayashi (wikt:林, 林, literally "forest, woods"), is the 19th most common Japanese surname. It shares the same character as the Chinese surname Lin (surname), Lin.
Notable people with the surname include:
*, Japanese synchronized swimmer
*, Ja ...
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* '' O. chrysopomus'' (Bleeker, 1854), spotted-gill cardinalfish
* '' O. chrysotaenia'' (Bleeker, 1851), yellow-lined cardinalfish
* '' O. cladophilos'' (G. R. Allen & J. E. Randall, 2002), shelter cardinalfish
* '' O. compressus'' (H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1911), ochre-striped cardinalfish
* '' O. cookii'' ( W. J. Macleay, 1881), Cook's cardinalfish
* '' O. cyanosoma'' (Bleeker, 1853), yellow-striped cardinalfish
* '' O. cyanotaenia'' (Bleeker, 1853)
* '' O. dispar'' (T. H. Fraser & J. E. Randall, 1976), red-spot cardinalfish
* '' O. diversus'' (H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1912)
* '' O. doederleini'' (D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1901), Doederlein's cardinalfish
* '' O. endekataenia'' (Bleeker, 1852), candy-stripe cardinalfish
* '' O. fasciatus'' ( G. Shaw, 1790), broad-banded cardinalfish
* '' O. flagelliferus'' (
J. L. B. Smith
James Leonard Brierley Smith (26 September 1897 – 8 January 1968) was a South African ichthyologist, organic chemist, and university professor. He was the first to identify a taxidermied fish as a coelacanth, at the time thought to be long ex ...
, 1961), coachwhip cardinalfish
* '' O. flavus'' (G. R. Allen & J. E. Randall, 1993), brassy cardinalfish
* '' O. fleurieu'' Lacépède, 1802, flower cardinalfish
* '' O. franssedai'' (G. R. Allen, Kuiter & J. E. Randall, 1994), Frans' cardinalfish
* '' O. fukuii'' (Hayashi, 1990)
* '' O. griffini'' (Seale, 1910), hook-fin cardinalfish
* '' O. gularis'' (T. H. Fraser & Lachner, 1984), gular cardinalfish
* '' O. hartzfeldii'' (Bleeker, 1852), Hartzfeld's cardinalfish
* '' O. hoevenii'' (Bleeker, 1854), frost-fin cardinalfish
* '' O. holotaenia'' (
Regan
The family name Regan, along with its cognates O'Regan, O Regan, Reagan, and O'Reagan, is an Anglicized form of the Irish surname Ó Riagáin or Ó Ríogáin, from Ua Riagáin. The meaning is likely to have originated in ancient Gaelic ''ri'' ...
Valenciennes
Valenciennes (, also , , ; nl, label=also Dutch, Valencijn; pcd, Valincyinnes or ; la, Valentianae) is a commune in the Nord department, Hauts-de-France, France.
It lies on the Scheldt () river. Although the city and region experienced a s ...
G. Cuvier
Jean Léopold Nicolas Frédéric, Baron Cuvier (; 23 August 1769 – 13 May 1832), known as Georges Cuvier, was a French naturalist and zoologist, sometimes referred to as the "founding father of paleontology". Cuvier was a major figure in nat ...
, 1828), seven-striped cardinalfish
* '' O. ocellicaudus'' (G. R. Allen, Kuiter & J. E. Randall, 1994), tail-eye cardinalfish
* '' O. oxina'' (T. H. Fraser, 1999)
* '' O. oxygrammus'' (G. R. Allen, 2001), sharp-line cardinalfish
* '' O. pallidofasciatus'' (G. R. Allen, 1987), pale-striped cardinalfish
* '' O. pallidus'' (G. R. Allen &
Erdmann Erdmann is a first name and surname, and may refer to:
Surname
*Carl Erdmann (1898—1945), German historian
*Eduard Erdmann (1896—1958), Baltic German pianist and composer
*Hans Otto Erdmann (1896–1944), member of the German resistance
*Hugo E ...
Temminck
Coenraad Jacob Temminck (; 31 March 1778 – 30 January 1858) was a Dutch aristocrat, zoologist and museum director.
Biography
Coenraad Jacob Temminck was born on 31 March 1778 in Amsterdam in the Dutch Republic. From his father, Jacob Temminck ...