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Scolopsis Xenochrous
''Scolopsis'' is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Nemipteridae, the threadfin breams. These fishes are found in the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. Taxonomy ''Scolopsis'' was first proposed as a genus in 1814 by the French zoologist Georges Cuvier. It is not clear what species Cuvier was classifying within the genus, although he referred to ''le curite'' which he referred to a fish described as having the Telugu name ''kurite'' from a figure by Patrick Russell. However, the type species has traditionally been stated as ''Scolopsis sayanus'', described by Jacob Gilliams in 1824 from Pennsylvania. ''Scolopsis sayanus'' is a synonym of '' Aphredoderus sayanus'', the freshwater American pirate perch. Some authorities argue that as the type species of this genus is not classified within it then the International Commission for Zoological Nomenclature should be petitioned to designate a new type species, perhaps ''S. lineatus'', while others st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Two-lined Monocle Bream
''Scolopsis bilineata'', the two-lined monocle bream, bridled monocle bream, bridled spinecheek, double-lined coral bream or yellow-finned spine-cheek, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Nemipteridae, the threadfin breams. This species is found in the Indian and Western Pacific Oceans. Taxonomy ''Scolopsis bilineata'' was first formally described as ''Anthias bilineatus'' by the German physician and naturalist Marcus Elieser Bloch in 1793 with its type locality given as Japan. The 5th edition of ''Fishes of the World'' classifies the genus '' Scolopsis'' within the family Nemipteridae which it places in the order Spariformes. Etymology ''Scolopsis bilineata'' has the specific name ''bilineata'' which means "two lined", a reference to its the two curved, parallel dark stripes on the head of adults. Description ''Scolopsis bilineata'' has its dorsal fin supported by 10 spines and 7 soft rays while the anal fin contains 3 spines and 7 soft rays. Its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Order (biology)
Order () is one of the eight major hierarchical taxonomic ranks in Linnaean taxonomy. It is classified between family and class. In biological classification, the order is a taxonomic rank used in the classification of organisms and recognized by the nomenclature codes. An immediately higher rank, superorder, is sometimes added directly above order, with suborder directly beneath order. An order can also be defined as a group of related families. What does and does not belong to each order is determined by a taxonomist, as is whether a particular order should be recognized at all. Often there is no exact agreement, with different taxonomists each taking a different position. There are no hard rules that a taxonomist needs to follow in describing or recognizing an order. Some taxa are accepted almost universally, while others are recognized only rarely. The name of an order is usually written with a capital letter. For some groups of organisms, their orders may follow consist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernard Germain Étienne De La Ville, Comte De Lacépède
Bernard (''Bernhard'') is a French and West Germanic masculine given name. It has West Germanic origin and is also a surname. The name is attested from at least the 9th century. West Germanic ''Bernhard'' is composed from the two elements ''bern'' "bear" and ''hard'' "brave, hardy". Its native Old English cognate was ''Beornheard'', which was replaced or merged with the French form ''Bernard'' that was brought to England after the Norman Conquest. The name ''Bernhard'' was notably popular among Old Frisian speakers. Its wider use was popularized due to Saint Bernhard of Clairvaux (canonized in 1174). In Ireland, the name was an anglicized form of Brian. Geographical distribution Bernard is the second most common surname in France. As of 2014, 42.2% of all known bearers of the surname ''Bernard'' were residents of France (frequency 1:392), 12.5% of the United States (1:7,203), 7.0% of Haiti (1:382), 6.6% of Tanzania (1:1,961), 4.8% of Canada (1:1,896), 3.6% of Nigeria (1:12,221), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scolopsis Ciliata
''Scolopsis ciliata'', the saw-jawed monocle bream, ciliate spinecheek, silver-line spinecheek or whitestreak monocle bream is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the Family (biology), family Nemipteridae, the threadfin breams. This fish is found in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Taxonomy ''Scolopsis ciliata'' was first formally Species description, described as ''Holocentrus ciliatus'' in 1802 by the French naturalist and politician Bernard Germain de Lacépède with no Type locality (biology), type locality given, other than ''Mer des Indes''. The 5th edition of ''Fishes of the World'' classifies the genus ''Scolopsis'' within the family Nemipteridae which it places in the Order (biology), order Spariformes. Etymology ''Scolopsis ciliata'' has the Specific name (zoology), specific name ''ciliata'' which was given as this fish was said to have scales with Cilium, cilia. Description ''Scolopsis ciliata'' has its dorsal fin supported by 10 spines and 7 soft rays whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eduard Rüppell
Wilhelm Peter Eduard Simon Rüppell, also spelled Rueppell (20 November 1794 – 10 December 1884) was a German Natural history, naturalist and List of explorers, explorer, best known for his collections and descriptions of plants and animals from Africa and Arabia. Biography Rüppell was born in Frankfurt am Main, the son of a prosperous banker, who was a partner in 'Rüppell und Harnier’s Bank'. He was originally destined to be a merchant, but after a visit to Sinai Peninsula, Sinai in 1817, where he met Henry Salt (Egyptologist), Henry Salt and the Swiss-German traveller Johann Ludwig Burckhardt, Ludwig Burckhardt. He explored Giza and the Pyramids with Salt. In 1818, he developed an interest in natural history, and became elected member of the ''Senckenbergische Naturforschende Gesellschaft''. He attended lectures at the University of Pavia and University of Genoa in botany and zoology. Rüppell set off on his first expedition in 1821, accompanied by surgeon Michael Hey as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scolopsis Bimaculata
''Scolopsis'' is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Nemipteridae, the threadfin breams. These fishes are found in the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. Taxonomy ''Scolopsis'' was first proposed as a genus in 1814 by the French zoologist Georges Cuvier. It is not clear what species Cuvier was classifying within the genus, although he referred to ''le curite'' which he referred to a fish described as having the Telugu name ''kurite'' from a figure by Patrick Russell. However, the type species has traditionally been stated as ''Scolopsis sayanus'', described by Jacob Gilliams in 1824 from Pennsylvania. ''Scolopsis sayanus'' is a synonym of '' Aphredoderus sayanus'', the freshwater American pirate perch. Some authorities argue that as the type species of this genus is not classified within it then the International Commission for Zoological Nomenclature should be petitioned to designate a new type species, perhaps ''S. lineatus'', while others st ... [...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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scolopsis Bilineata
''Scolopsis bilineata'', the two-lined monocle bream, bridled monocle bream, bridled spinecheek, double-lined coral bream or yellow-finned spine-cheek, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Nemipteridae, the threadfin breams. This species is found in the Indian and Western Pacific Oceans. Taxonomy ''Scolopsis bilineata'' was first formally described as ''Anthias bilineatus'' by the German physician and naturalist Marcus Elieser Bloch in 1793 with its type locality given as Japan. The 5th edition of ''Fishes of the World'' classifies the genus ''Scolopsis'' within the family Nemipteridae which it places in the order Spariformes. Etymology ''Scolopsis bilineata'' has the specific name ''bilineata'' which means "two lined", a reference to its the two curved, parallel dark stripes on the head of adults. Description ''Scolopsis bilineata'' has its dorsal fin supported by 10 spines and 7 soft rays while the anal fin contains 3 spines and 7 soft rays. Its b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mungo Park (explorer)
Mungo Park (10 September 1771 – 1806) was a Scottish explorer of West Africa. After an exploration of the upper Niger River around 1796, he wrote a popular and influential Travel literature, travel book titled ''Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa'' in which he theorized the Niger and Congo River, Congo merged to become the same river, though it was later proven that they are different rivers. He was killed during a second expedition, having successfully travelled about two-thirds of the way down the Niger. If the African Association was the "beginning of the European exploration of Africa, age of African exploration" by Europeans, then Mungo Park was its first successful explorer; he set a standard for all who followed. Park was the first Western culture, Westerner to have recorded travels in the central portion of the Niger, and through his popular book introduced the European public to a vast unexplored continent which influenced future European explorers and coloni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scolopsis Aurata
''Scolopsis'' is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the Family (biology), family Nemipteridae, the threadfin breams. These fishes are found in the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. Taxonomy ''Scolopsis'' was first proposed as a genus in 1814 by the French zoologist Georges Cuvier. It is not clear what species Cuvier was classifying within the genus, although he referred to ''le curite'' which he referred to a fish described as having the Telugu language, Telugu name ''kurite'' from a figure by Patrick Russell (herpetologist), Patrick Russell. However, the type species has traditionally been stated as ''Scolopsis sayanus'', Species description, described by Jacob Gilliams in 1824 from Pennsylvania. ''Scolopsis sayanus'' is a Synonym (taxonomy), synonym of ''Aphredoderus sayanus'', the freshwater American pirate perch. Some authorities argue that as the type species of this genus is not classified within it then the International Commission for Zoological Nom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilhelm Peters
Wilhelm Karl Hartwich (or Hartwig) Peters (22 April 1815 – 20 April 1883) was a German natural history, naturalist and explorer. He was assistant to the anatomist Johannes Peter Müller and later became curator of the Natural History Museum, Berlin, Berlin Zoological Museum. Encouraged by Müller and the explorer Alexander von Humboldt, Peters travelled to Mozambique via Angola in September 1842, exploring the coastal region and the Zambesi River. He returned to Berlin with an enormous collection of natural history specimens, which he then described in ''Naturwissenschaftliche Reise nach Mossambique... in den Jahren 1842 bis 1848 ausgeführt'' (1852–1882). The work was comprehensive in its coverage, dealing with mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, river fish, insects and botany. He replaced Martin Lichtenstein as curator of the museum in 1858, and in the same year he was elected a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. In a few years, he greatly increased ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scolopsis Affinis
''Scolopsis affinis'', the Peters' monocle bream, bridled monocle bream or yellowtail spinecheek, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Nemipteridae, the threadfin breams. This species is found in the Indian and Western Pacific Oceans. Taxonomy ''Scolopsis affinis'' was first formally described in 1877 by the German zoologist Wilhelm Peters with its type locality given as Carteret Harbour on Lambom Island, near Cape St. George in southern New Ireland, in the Bismarck Archipelago of Papua New Guinea. The 5th edition of ''Fishes of the World'' classifies the genus ''Scolopsis'' within the family Nemipteridae which it places in the order Spariformes. Etymology ''Scolopsis affinis'' has the specific name ''affinis'' which means "related", a reference to its similarity to '' S. bilineata''. Description ''Scolopsis affinis'' has its dorsal fin supported by 10 spines and 7 soft rays while the anal fin contains 3 spines and 7 soft rays. Its body has a dep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
