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Brama (fish)
''Brama'' is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes from the family Bramidae, the pomfrets. Currently, there are 8 species within the genus (see below). Characteristics The species in the genus ''Brama'' have a compressed head and body shaped in an tapering oval with a thin caudal peduncle. The dorsal and ventral profiles of the head are convex and it has a bluntly rounded short snout. The mouth is obviously oblique with the lower jaw projecting. They have a single dorsal fin, it and the anal fin are long based. The dorsal fin starts above the base of the pectoral fin and both it and the anal fin are similar in shape, although the dorsal fin has an obvious lobe at its anterior end. The pectoral fin is positioned low on the body and is relatively long, extending to the centre of the anal fin. The small pelvic fins are placed below the base of the pectoral fins. The caudal fin is highly concave. The body and most of the head are covered in keeled scales while the scales on the belly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcus Elieser Bloch
Marcus Elieser Bloch (1723–1799) was a German physician and naturalist who is best known for his contribution to ichthyology through his multi-volume catalog of plates illustrating the fishes of the world. Brought up in a Hebrew-speaking Jewish family, he learned German and Latin and studied anatomy before settling in Berlin as a physician. He amassed a large natural history collection, particularly of fish specimens. He is generally considered one of the most important ichthyologists of the 18th century, and wrote many papers on natural history, comparative anatomy, and physiology. Life Bloch was born at Ansbach in 1723 where his father was a Torah writer and his mother owned a small shop. Educated at home in Hebrew literature he became a private tutor in Hamburg for a Jewish surgeon. Here he learned German, Latin and anatomy. He then studied medicine in Berlin and received a doctorate in 1762 from Frankfort on the Oder with a treatise on skin disorders. He then became a ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bory De Saint-Vincent
Jean-Baptiste Geneviève Marcellin Bory de Saint-Vincent was a French natural history, naturalist, Officer (armed forces), officer and politician. He was born on 6 July 1778 in Agen (Lot-et-Garonne) and died on 22 December 1846 in Paris. Biologist and geographer, he was particularly interested in volcanology, systematics and botany. Life Youth Jean-Baptiste Bory de Saint Vincent was born at Agen on 6 July 1778. His parents were Géraud Bory de Saint-Vincent and Madeleine de Journu; his father's family were petty nobility who played important roles at the Bar (law), bar and in the judiciary, during and after the French Revolution. Instilled with sentiments hostile to the revolution from childhood,Biography of Jean-Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent on the website of the :fr:Assemblée nationale (France), French National Assembly: http://www2.assemblee-nationale.fr/sycomore/fiche/(num_dept)/16507 he studied first at the college of Agen, then with his uncle Journu-Auber in Bordeaux i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brama Pauciradiata
''Brama pauciradiata'' is a species of pomfret Pomfrets are perciform fishes belonging to the family Bramidae. The family currently includes 20 species across seven genera. Several species are important food sources for humans, especially ''Brama brama'' in South Asia. The earlier form of ... native to Australia and the Coral Sea. References {{Taxonbar, from=Q971443 Animals described in 1995 pauciradiata ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brama Orcini
''Brama orcini'' is a species of Perciformes in the family Bramidae Pomfrets are perciform fishes belonging to the family Bramidae. The family currently includes 20 species across seven genera. Several species are important food sources for humans, especially ''Brama brama'' in South Asia. The earlier form of t .... References orcini Animals described in 1831 {{Perciformes-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brama Myersi
''Brama myersi'' is a species of Perciformes in the family Bramidae Pomfrets are perciform fishes belonging to the family Bramidae. The family currently includes 20 species across seven genera. Several species are important food sources for humans, especially ''Brama brama'' in South Asia. The earlier form of t .... References myersi Animals described in 1972 {{Perciformes-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franz Martin Hilgendorf
Franz Martin Hilgendorf (5 December 1839 – 5 July 1904) was a German zoologist and paleontologist. Hilgendorf's research on fossil snails from the Steinheim crater in the early 1860s became a palaeontological evidence for the theory of evolution published by Charles Darwin in 1859. Life and work Franz Hilgendorf was born on 5 December 1839 in Neudamm (Mark Brandenburg). Between 1851 and 1854 he went to a gymnasium in Königsberg (Neumark) and later to the Gymnasium ''Zum Grauen Kloster'' (Grey Monastery) in Berlin where he graduated in 1858. In 1859 he started studying philology at the University of Berlin. After four semesters he changed to the University of Tübingen. In the summer of 1862 he joined an excavation by Friedrich August Quenstedt in the Steinheim crater. In 1863 Hilgendorf received his Ph.D. for work related to this excavation. He finished his research on the fossils during his time at the Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin. In 1868, Hilgendorf became ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brama Japonica
''Brama japonica'', the Pacific pomfret, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a pomfret of the family Bramidae. ''B. japonica'' is closely related, and quite similar, to '' Brama brama'', but can be distinguished by possessing a greater number of anal fin rays and a higher number of gill rakers. Distribution and habitat The type specimen for this species was from Japan and this is why it is named "japonica", though its range extends much further than Japan. ''Brama japonica'' is widely distributed throughout the Pacific Ocean, from the Sea of Japan to California and Peru, notably in the Northern Pacific. Its also been reported in Taiwan and the Philippines. Like many bramids, this species can be found throughout the high seas and is highly migratory, but oceanodromous. Though rarely caught inshore, it is a good food fish. Pacific pomfrets are found at depths from 271 to 620 meters. Anatomy and appearance Size Averaging 30-42 cm in length, there have also been specimens reac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georges 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 natural sciences research in the early 19th century and was instrumental in establishing the fields of comparative anatomy and paleontology through his work in comparing living animals with fossils. Cuvier's work is considered the foundation of vertebrate paleontology, and he expanded Linnaean taxonomy by grouping classes into phyla and incorporating both fossils and living species into the classification. Cuvier is also known for establishing extinction as a fact—at the time, extinction was considered by many of Cuvier's contemporaries to be merely controversial speculation. In his ''Essay on the Theory of the Earth'' (1813) Cuvier proposed that now-extinct species had been wiped out by periodic catastrophic flooding events. In this way, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brama Dussumieri
''Brama dussumieri'', the lesser bream or lowfin pomfret, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a pomfret of the family Bramidae. It is found in warm seas around the world. The specific name honours the French explorer and trader Jean-Jacques Dussumier (1792-1883). Description ''Brama dussumieri'' can be distinguished from congeners through the following characteristics: *Possessing pectoral fins that are placed low on the body in both juvenile 'and’ adult stages (overlap with '' Brama caribbea'', '' Brama myseri'', and ''Brama orcini''). *Having relatively long ventral fins *Having a total number of vertebrae equaling 40 or more (overlaps with ''Brama myersi'') *Possessing a total number of anal fin rays equaling 28 or fewer Ecology ''Brama dussumieri'' like many bramids serves as an important forage fish for large, pelagic, predatory fishes. ''B. dussumieri'' have been successfully collected from the stomachs of bigeye and yellowfin tuna and striped marlin, suggest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giles W Mead Jr
Giles may refer to: People * Giles (given name), male given name (Latin: ''Aegidius'') * Giles (surname), family name * Saint Giles (650–710), 7th–8th-century Christian hermit saint * Giles of Assisi, Aegidius of Assisi, 13th-century companion of St. Francis of Assisi * Giles of Rome (1243–1316), 13th-century archbishop * Carl Giles (1916–1995), British cartoonist for the ''Daily Express'' known simply as "Giles" ** Giles family, a fictional family featured in cartoons by Giles * Herbert Giles (1845–1935), British diplomat and sinologist, co-author of the Wade–Giles Chinese transliteration system Places ;United States * Giles, Utah, a US ghost town * Giles, West Virginia * Giles County, Tennessee, US * Giles County, Virginia, US ;Australia * Electoral district of Giles, a state electoral district in South Australia * Giles Weather Station near the Western Australian - South Australian border * Giles Land District, a land district (cadastral division) of We ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brama Caribbea
Brama caribbea, the Caribbean pomfret, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a pomfret of the family Bramidae. It is found in the Western Atlantic Ocean. Description ''Brama caribbea'' can be distinguished from congeners through the following characteristics: *Possessing pectoral fins that are placed high on the body in both juvenile ‘’and’’ adult stages *Having relatively short ventral fins *Possessing fewer than 60 scales in a horizontal series between the gill opening and caudal fin base *Having a total number of vertebrae equaling 38 or fewer (modally 36) *Having 19–21 pectoral fin rays Distribution ''Brama caribbea'', appears to be more closely associated with landmasses than its congeners, specifically those associated with the Caribbean (from which its name is derived) and the Northeastern coastal waters of Brazil. Diet ''Brama caribbea'' consumes a range of food items, but primarily forages for crustaceans (~48% of their diet, largely being euphausiacids ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre Joseph Bonnaterre
Abbé Pierre Joseph Bonnaterre (1752, Aveyron – 20 September 1804, Saint-Geniez-d'Olt) was a French zoologist who contributed sections on cetaceans, mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, and insects to the '' Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique''. He is also notable as the first scientist to study the feral child A feral child (also called wild child) is a young individual who has lived isolated from human contact from a very young age, with little or no experience of human care, social behavior, or language. The term is used to refer to children who h ... Victor of Aveyron. Bonnaterre is credited with identifying about 25 new species of fish, and assembled illustrations of about 400 in his encyclopedia work of book. He was the first scientist to study Victor, the wild child of Aveyron, whose life inspired François Truffaut for his film '' The Wild Child''. Partial bibliography * ''Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la natur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
