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Cottus Volki
''Cottus volki'' is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the Family (biology), family Cottidae, the typical sculpins. This species is Endemism, endemic to Russia where it is found along the continental coasts of the Sea of Japan but not on the coasts of Peter the Great Bay. It reaches a maximum length of . It was previously considered a subspecies of the alpine bullhead. (''Cottus poecilopus'') and this species was first formally described in 1933 by the Russian ichthyologist Anatoly Yakovlevich Taranetz as ''Cottus poecilopus volki'' with its Type locality (biology), type locality given as the Suchan River to Takema River on western coast of the Sea of Japan in Primorye. Etymology Taranetz did not identify the person honoured in the Specific name (zoology), specific name but it is thought most likely to be his friend Alexander Maksimovich Volk, like Taranetz, Volk was killed in action during World War 2. References {{Taxonbar, from=Q6397506 Cottus (fish) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anatoly Yakovlevich Taranetz
Anatoly Yakovlevich Taranetz (3 July 1910 – 10 December 1941) was a Soviet Russian Ichthyology, ichthyologist, notable for his contribution to the study of ichthyofauna of the North Pacific and Far Eastern seas of Russia. Notable dates * Spring 1929 - Graduated from the Vladivostok Industrial College (now Vladivostok Shipbuilding College) and became * Spring 1929 - Observer in the raw materials sector of the Pacific Fisheries Research Center (TINRO-Center, part of the Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences) * 1932 - Marine Researcher, TIRH Complex Pacific Expedition of the State Hydrological Institute and the Pacific Committee of the Russian Academy of Sciences * 1933 - Started work at the Leningrad Zoological Institute * 1934 - Defended his thesis on "Freshwater fish of the North-Western basin in the Sea of Japan" * 1934 - Participated in the expedition to Sahalin * 1939 - Leader of a group for the study of salmon * Beginning of 1941 - Editor of the Guide to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |