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Humpback Grouper
The humpback grouper (''Cromileptes altivelis''), panther grouper, or (in Australia) barramundi cod is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a grouper from the subfamily Epinephelinae which is in the family Serranidae which also includes the anthias and sea basses. It occurs in the Western Pacific Ocean. Systematics The humpback grouper was first formally described as ''Serranus altivelis'' in 1828 by the French zoologist Achille Valenciennes (1794-1865) with the type locality given as Java. In 1839 the English naturalist William John Swainson (1789-1855) placed it in the subgenus ''Chromileptes'', which was later created as a monotypic genus. Swainson spelt the genus as ''Chromileptes'' although Fishbase spells it as ''Cromileptes''. Recent molecular analyses based on five genes show that ''Cromileptes altivelis'' is included in the same clade as species of ''Epinephelus''. Consequently, the species should be included in ''Epinephelus'' as ''Epinephelus altivelis''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William John Swainson
William John Swainson FLS, FRS (8 October 1789 – 6 December 1855), was an English ornithologist, malacologist, conchologist, entomologist and artist. Life Swainson was born in Dover Place, St Mary Newington, London, the eldest son of John Timothy Swainson the Second (1756–1824), an original fellow of the Linnean Society. He was cousin of the amateur botanist Isaac Swainson.Etymologisches Worterbuch der botanischen Pflanzennamen by H. Genaust. Review by Paul A. Fryxell ''Taxon'', Vol. 38(2), 245–246 (1989). His father's family originated in Lancashire, and both grandfather and father held high posts in Her Majesty's Customs, the father becoming Collector at Liverpool. William, whose formal education was curtailed because of an impediment in his speech, joined the Liverpool Customs as a junior clerk at the age of 14."William Swainson F.R.S, F.L.S., Naturalist and Artist: Diaries 1808–1838: Sicily, Malta, Greece, Italy and Brazil." G .M. Swainson, Palmerston, NZ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
