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Acanthuroidei
Acanthuroidei , is a group of ray finned fishes which is a suborder of the Acanthuriformes, although older classifications regarded it as a suborder of the Perciformes, the largest order (biology), order of fish, The suborder includes the surgeonfish and Moorish idol. Members of this suborder have a compressed body covered with small ctenoid scales. The name for the suborder comes from that of the surgeonfish, surgeonfish (Acanthuridae) family within it, and is derived from the Greek words akantha and oura, which loosely translate to "thorn" and "tail", respectively, referring to the "scalpels" found on surgeonfishes' caudal peduncle. Families Acanthuroidei contains the following families: *Family Luvaridae Gill, 1885 (Luvar) * Family Zanclidae Pieter Bleeker, Bleeker, 1876 (Moorish angels) * Extinct, †Family Massalongiidae Tyler & Bannikov, 2005 * †Family Acanthonemidae Bannikov, 1991 * Family Acanthuridae Charles Lucien Bonaparte, Bonaparte, 1835 (Surgeonfishes) ** Subfamily ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luvaridae
Luvaridae is a Family (biology), family of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the suborder Acanthuroidei in the Order (biology), order Acanthuriformes, of which they are the only Pelagic fish, pelagic members. The family has a single extant species, the widespread louvar (''Luvarus imperialis'') and a small number of known extinct species. Genera and species The family Luvaridae contains the following taxa: * Genus ''Luvarus'' Rafinesque, 1810 ** ''Luvarus imperialis'' Rafinesque, 1810 ** ''Luvarus necopinatus'' (Pavel Georgiyevich Danilchenkoo, Danilchenko, 1968) * ''Aluvarus''? Bannikov & Tyler, 1995 (disputed) ** ''Aluvarus praeimperialis'' (Arambourg, 1967) * ''Avitoluvarus'' Alexandre F. Bannikov, Bannikov & James C. Tyler, Tyler, 1995 ** ''Avitoluvarus mariannae'' Bannikov & Tyler, 1995 ** ''Avitoluvarus dianae'' Bannikov & Tyler, 1995 ** ''Avitoluvarus eocaenicus'' Bannikov & Tyler, 2001 * ''Beerichthys'' Casier, 1996 ** ''Beerichthys ingens'' Casier, 1996 * ''Ku ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zanclidae
Zanclidae is a family of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the suborder Acanthuroidei within the order Acanthuriformes. It contains one extant species, the Moorish idol (''Zanclus cornutus'') and a number of extinct species. Genera and species Zanclidae has the following taxa classified within it: * Genus '' Massalongius'' Tyler and Bannikov, 2005 ** Species '' Massalongius gazolai ('' Massalongo'','' 1859'')'' * Genus '' Angiolinia'' ** Species '' Angiolinia mirabilis'' * Genus '' Eozanclus'' Blot and Voruz, 1975 ** Species † '' Eozanclus brevirostris'' (Agassiz, 1835) * Genus ''Zanclus'' Cuvier, 1831 ** Species '' Zanclus cornutus'' (Linnaeus, 1758) (Moorish idol) ( means extinct) ''Eozanclus brevirostris'' is an extinct species in the Zanclidae family that was first discovered by Giovanni Serafino Volta in 1796. The species later received separate taxonomic status within the Zanclidae family through the description of Blot and Voruz in 1970 and 1975. ''Angiol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moorish Idol
The Moorish idol (''Zanclus cornutus'') is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Zanclidae. It is the only member of the monospecific genus ''Zanclus'' and the only extant species within the Zanclidae. This species is found on reefs in the Indo-Pacific region. Taxonomy The Moorish idol was first formally described as ''Chaetodon cornutus'' in 1758 by Carl Linnaeus in the 10th edition of the ''Systema Naturae'' with "Indian Seas" given as its type locality. In 1831 Georges Cuvier classified it in the new monospecific genus ''Zanclus''. In 1876 Pieter Bleeker proposed the monotypic family Zanclidae. The Zanclidae is classified within the suborder Acanthuroidei of the order Acanthuriformes. Some authors classify the Moorish idols in the surgeonfish family Acanthuridae but the absence of spines on the caudal peduncle is a clear difference between this species and the surgeonfishes. The Moorish idol is the only extant member of its family, the Zanclidae, maki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acanthuriformes
Acanthuriformes is a large, diverse order of mostly marine ray-finned fishes, part of the Percomorpha clade. In the past, members of this clade were placed in the suborders Acanthuroidea and Percoidea of the order Perciformes, but this treatment is now considered paraphyletic. This order contains many of the iconic tropical reef fish groups, such as surgeonfish, marine angelfish, butterflyfish, rabbitfish, grunts, and snappers. It also contains widespread, economically important food and sport fishes, such as drums, temperate basses, and porgies. The only pelagic member of the group is the louvar. Classification The following classification is based on Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (2025): * Order Acanthuriformes ** Family Gerreidae Bleeker, 1859 (mojarras) ** Family Sillaginidae Richardson, 1846 (sillagos) ** Family Moronidae Jordan & Evermann, 1896 (temperate basses) ** Family Drepaneidae Gill, 1872 (sicklefishes) ** Family Ephippidae Bleeker, 1859 (spadefishes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perciformes
Perciformes (), also called the Acanthopteri, is an order or superorder of ray-finned fish in the clade Percomorpha. ''Perciformes'' means " perch-like". Among the well-known members of this group are perches and darters ( Percidae), and also sea basses and groupers (Serranidae). This order contains many familiar freshwater temperate and tropical marine fish groups, but also extremophiles that have successfully colonized both the North and South Poles, as well as the deepest depths of the ocean. Taxonomy Formerly, this group was thought to be even more diverse than it is thought to be now, containing about 41% of all bony fish (about 10,000 species) and about 160 families, which is the most of any order within the vertebrates. However, many of these other families have since been reclassified within their own orders within the clade Percomorpha, significantly reducing the size of the group. In contrast to this splitting, other groups formerly considered distinct, such as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acanthonemidae
''Acanthonemus'' (from , 'spine' and 'to distribute' or 'covered') is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine ray-finned fish that lived from the early Eocene. It contains a single species, ''A. subaureus'' (synonyms: ''A. bertrandi'' Agassiz, 1834, ''A. filamentosus'' Agassiz, 1834), known from the famous Monte Bolca site in Italy. It is the only genus in the extinct family Acanthonemidae. See also * Prehistoric fish * List of prehistoric bony fish This list of prehistoric bony fish is an attempt to create a comprehensive listing of all Genus, genera from the fossil record that have ever been considered to be bony fish (class Osteichthyes), excluding purely vernacular terms. The list includ ... References Eocene fish of Europe Fossils of Italy Prehistoric percomorph genera Monotypic prehistoric ray-finned fish genera Acanthuroidei Ypresian genera Fossil taxa described in 1833 Taxa named by Louis Agassiz {{paleo-rayfinned-fish-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zebrasomini
Zebrasomini is a tribe of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Acanthuridae and it is one of three tribes in the subfamily Acanthurinae. Taxonomy Zebrasomini was first proposed as a taxon in 1933 by American ichthyologist Richard Winterbottom, Winterbottom delineated it as consisting of the two genera ''Zebrasomus'' and ''Paracanthurus'', alongside the monotypic tribe Prionurini and with the remaining two Acanthurine genera, ''Acanthurus'' and ''Ctenochaetus'', being classified in the tribe Acanthurini. These tribes make up the subfamily Acanthurinae which with the subfamily Nasinae make up the family Acanthuridae. Genera There are two genera within the tribe Zebrasomini: * ''Paracanthurus'' Bleeker, 1863 * '' Zebrasoma'' Swainson, 1839 Characteristics The Zebrasomini was defined by Winterbottom using similarities in the osteology of the skull between the two genera and in comparison to the other two Acanthurine tribes, they also have no scales on their larvae. W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acanthurini
Acanthurini is a tribe of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Acanthuridae and it is one of three tribes in the subfamily Acanthurinae. Taxonomy Acanthurini was first proposed as a taxon in 1839 by the French naturalist Charles Lucien Bonaparte and in 1993 it was delineated by the American ichthyologist Richard Winterbottom as consisting of the two genera ''Acanthurus'' and ''Ctaenochaetus'', alongside the monotypic tribe Prionurini and with the remaining two Acanthurine genera, '' Zebrasoma'' and ''Paracanthurus'', being classified in the tribe Zebrasomini. These tribes make up the subfamily Acanthurinae which with the subfamily Nasinae make up the family Acanthuridae. Genera There are two genera within the tribe Acanthurini: * ''Acanthurus'' Forsskål 1775 * ''Ctenochaetus'' Gill A gill () is a respiration organ, respiratory organ that many aquatic ecosystem, aquatic organisms use to extract dissolved oxygen from water and to excrete carbon dioxide. The gills ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prionurini
''Prionurus'' is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Acanthuridae, the surgeonfishes, unicornfishes and tangs, although some of the species in this genus are called sawtails or doctorfish. The species in this genus are found in the Pacific Ocean with one species, ''P. biafraensis'', found in the Atlantic Ocean. Taxonomy ''Prionurus'' was first proposed as a monospecific genus in 1804 by the French naturalist Bernard Germain de Lacépède when he described ''Prionurus microlepidotus''. Lacépède did not give a type locality but the type was collected by François Péron off New South Wales. The genus ''Prionurus'' is the only genus in the tribe Prionurini which is one of three tribes in the subfamily Acanthurinae which is one of two subfamiles in the family Acanthuridae. Etymology ''Prionurus'' means "sawtail" a reference to the 3 to 7 immobile keeled bony plates on each side of the caudal peduncle. Species There are currently seven recognized species ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Winterbottom (ichthyologist)
Richard Emanuel Winterbottom (22 July 1899 – 9 February 1968) was a British Labour Party politician. Born in Oldham, Lancashire, Winterbottom served in the Royal Navy during World War I. He became an area organiser for a predecessor of the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers in 1931, then the national organiser in 1944. In 1950, he was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Sheffield Brightside, serving for his first year as Parliamentary Private Secretary to Ness Edwards Ness Edwards (5 April 1897 – 3 May 1968) was a trade unionist and Welsh Labour Party politician: he served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Caerphilly from July 1939 until his death. He was born in Abertillery, Monmouthshire, Wales, th .... Winterbottom remained in Parliament until his death in 1968. References *M. Stenton and S. Lees, ''Who's Who of British Members of Parliament, Volume IV 1945–1979'' * External links * 1899 births 1968 deaths Labour Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Powderblue Surgeonfish
''Acanthurus leucosternon'', commonly known as the blue surgeonfish, powder blue tang or powder-blue surgeonfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acanthuridae, the surgeonfishes, unicornfishes and tangs. This species is found in the Indian Ocean. Taxonomy ''Acanthurus leucosternon'' was first formally described in 1833 by the English naturalist Edward Turner Bennett with its type locality given as Sri Lanka. The genus ''Acanthurus'' is one of two genera in the tribe Acanthurini which is one of three tribes in the subfamily Acanthurinae which is one of two subfamilies in the family Acanthuridae. Etymology ''Acanthurus leucosternon'' has the specific name ''leucosternon''. This combines the Greek words ''leukos'', meaning "white", and ''sternon'', meaning "breast"; this refers to the white chest shown by this species. Description The fish can reach an average size of 23 cm (9 in) in length. The body has an oval shape and is compressed la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acanthurinae
''Acanthurinae'' is a subfamily of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the Family (biology), family Acanthuridae, found in the Indo-Pacific and the tropical Atlantic. These fishes commonly have the English names surgeonfishes or tangs. Taxonomy Acanthurinae is the nominate subfamily of the family Acanthuridae which was proposed by the French zoologist Charles Lucien Bonaparte in 1835. The 5th edition of ''Fishes of the World'' recognises 3 Tribe (biology), tribes within the subfamily, the Acanthurini, Prionurini and Zebrasomoni. The other subfamily in the Acanthuridae is the monogeneric Nasinae. Tribes and genera Acanthurinae is subdivided into the following tribes and genera: ''FishBase'' list 57 species in the subfamily, with ''Acanthurus'' containing 40 species being the most speciose genus. Characteristics Acanthurini surgeonfishes are characterised by having 3 spines in the anal fin. They also have one or more mobile and flexible spine on the caudal peduncle, this spin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
