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Scorpis
''Scorpis'' is a genus of marine ray-finned fish from the subfamily Scorpidinae of the sea chub family Kyphosidae which are native to the eastern Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the continen .... Species The currently recognized species in this genus are: * ''Scorpis aequipinnis'' John Richardson (naturalist), J. Richardson, 1848 (sea sweep) * ''Scorpis chilensis'' Alphone Guichenot, Guichenot, 1848 * ''Scorpis georgiana'' Achille Valenciennes, Valenciennes, 1832 (banded sweep) * ''Scorpis lineolata'' Rudolf Kner, Kner, 1865 (silver sweep) * ''Scorpis violacea'' (Frederick Hutton (scientist), F. W. Hutton, 1873) (blue maomao) References Scorpis, Scorpidinae {{Perciformes-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scorpis Chilensis
''Scorpis'' is a genus of marine ray-finned fish from the subfamily Scorpidinae of the sea chub family Kyphosidae which are native to the eastern Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean. Species The currently recognized species in this genus are: * '' Scorpis aequipinnis'' J. Richardson, 1848 ( sea sweep) * '' Scorpis chilensis'' Guichenot, 1848 * '' Scorpis georgiana'' Valenciennes, 1832 ( banded sweep) * '' Scorpis lineolata'' Kner, 1865 (silver sweep) * '' Scorpis violacea'' ( F. W. Hutton, 1873) (blue maomao The blue maomao (''Scorpis violacea''), also known as the violet sweep, blue sweep or hardbelly, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a member of the subfamily Scorpidinae, part of the sea chub family Kyphosidae. It is native to the southweste ...) References Scorpidinae {{Perciformes-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silver Sweep
The silver sweep (''Scorpis lineolata''), also known as the false pompano, sweep, trumps or windawindawi, is a species of marine ray-finned fish from the subfamily Scorpidinae of the sea chub family Kyphosidae. It is native to the southwestern Pacific Ocean from Australia to New Zealand. Description The silver sweep has deep and strongly compressed body with a thin caudal peduncle. The head is moderately sized with an almost straight dorsal profile, a short snout and quite large eyes. The mouth is small and oblique with small but strong teeth in the jaws arranged in broad bands with the outer band being enlarged and recurved. Most of the body is covered in very small ctenoid scales and there is a gently curved lateral line. The dorsal fin continuous with a very short first spine, there are a 10 spines which progressively become higher towards the tail, the first rays in the soft-rayed portion of the dorsal fin is only slightly higher than the spiny portion giving the dorsal fin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scorpis Lineolata
The silver sweep (''Scorpis lineolata''), also known as the false pompano, sweep, trumps or windawindawi, is a species of marine ray-finned fish from the subfamily Scorpidinae of the sea chub family Kyphosidae. It is native to the southwestern Pacific Ocean from Australia to New Zealand. Description The silver sweep has deep and strongly compressed body with a thin caudal peduncle. The head is moderately sized with an almost straight dorsal profile, a short snout and quite large eyes. The mouth is small and oblique with small but strong teeth in the jaws arranged in broad bands with the outer band being enlarged and recurved. Most of the body is covered in very small ctenoid scales and there is a gently curved lateral line. The dorsal fin continuous with a very short first spine, there are a 10 spines which progressively become higher towards the tail, the first rays in the soft-rayed portion of the dorsal fin is only slightly higher than the spiny portion giving the dor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blue Maomao
The blue maomao (''Scorpis violacea''), also known as the violet sweep, blue sweep or hardbelly, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a member of the subfamily Scorpidinae, part of the sea chub family Kyphosidae. It is native to the southwestern Pacific Ocean from Australia to New Zealand and the Kermadec Islands, where it can be found in inshore waters from the surface to depths of . This fish can reach a length of . It is commercially important and is also a popular game fish. Description The blue maomao has a laterally, compressed and relatively deep body with a noticeably forked tail. They have protrusible jaws, equipped with a number of rows of small, closely set teeth, which are used to capture larger zooplankton. The adults are deep blue dorsally and pale ventrally, at night they change colour to a mottled dark green. The juveniles are grey with a yellow anal fin. They can grow to a fork length. The dorsal fin has 9 spines and 27 soft rays and the anal fin has 2 spin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scorpis Violacea
The blue maomao (''Scorpis violacea''), also known as the violet sweep, blue sweep or hardbelly, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a member of the subfamily Scorpidinae, part of the sea chub family Kyphosidae. It is native to the southwestern Pacific Ocean from Australia to New Zealand and the Kermadec Islands, where it can be found in inshore waters from the surface to depths of . This fish can reach a length of . It is commercially important and is also a popular game fish. Description The blue maomao has a laterally, compressed and relatively deep body with a noticeably forked tail. They have protrusible jaws, equipped with a number of rows of small, closely set teeth, which are used to capture larger zooplankton. The adults are deep blue dorsally and pale ventrally, at night they change colour to a mottled dark green. The juveniles are grey with a yellow anal fin. They can grow to a fork length. The dorsal fin has 9 spines and 27 soft rays and the anal fin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scorpidinae
The Scorpidinae, commonly known as halfmoons, knifefishes, and sweeps, are a subfamily of the family Kyphosidae, the sea chubs, a family of marine fish in the order Perciformes. The Scorpidinae are distributed throughout the Pacific and east Indian Oceans, with species occurring in the waters of North America, South America, Asia, Australia, and numerous islands. Most inhabit the continental shelf in shallow rock and kelp reefs and deeper offshore reefs, whilst others are found well offshore in a pelagic setting. Most of the Scorpidinae are carnivorous, taking a variety of small crustaceans, although some are partly herbivorous. A number of the larger species are fished commercially and recreationally, and are considered good table fish. Classification Fishbase lists 12 species in 5 genera under the subfamily Scorpidinae, the genera are set out below * ''Bathystethus'' Gill, 1893 * ''Labracoglossa'' Peters, 1866 * ''Medialuna'' Jordan & Fesler, 1893 * '' Neoscorpis'' J.L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sea Chub
The sea chubs, also known as rudderfish and pilot fish and in Hawaiian as ''enenue'' or ''nenue'', are a family, Kyphosidae, of fishes in the order Perciformes native to the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans usually close to shore in marine waters. Subfamilies and genera The four subfamilies with 12 genera in this family are: * Girellinae Gill, 1862 (nibblers) ** Genus '' Girella'' Gray, 1835 ** Genus '' Graus (genus)'' Philippi, 1887 * Kyphosinae Jordan, 1887 (rudderfishes) ** Genus ''Kyphosus'' Lacepède, 1801 * Microcanthinae Bleeker, 1876 (microanthines) ** Genus '' Atypichthys'' Günther, 1862 ** Genus '' Microcanthus'' Swainson, 1839 ** Genus '' Neatypus'' Waite, 1905 ** Genus '' Tilodon'' Thominot, 1881 * Scorpidinae Günther, 1860 (halfmoons) ** Genus '' Bathystethus'' Gill, 1893 ** Genus '' Labracoglossa'' Peters, 1866 ** Genus ''Medialuna'' Jordan & Fesler, 1893 ** Genus '' Neoscorpis'' J.L.B. Smith, 1931 ** Genus ''Scorpis'' Valenciennes 1832 Alternativ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederick Hutton (scientist)
Captain Frederick Wollaston Hutton (16 November 1836 – 27 October 1905) was an English-New Zealand scientist who applied the theory of natural selection to explain the origins and nature of the natural history of New Zealand. An army officer in early life, he then had an academic career in geology and biology. He became one of the most able and prolific nineteenth century naturalists of New Zealand. Biography Hutton was born in Gate Burton, Lincolnshire, England, the son of the Rev. Henry Frederick Hutton and his wife Louisa Wollaston, daughter of the Rev. Henry John Wollaston. He passed through Southwell grammar school and the Naval Academy at Gosport, Hampshire. He studied applied science at King's College London before being commissioned in the Royal Welch Fusiliers and fighting in the Crimean War and the Indian Mutiny. Hutton returned to England in 1860, and continued to study geology at Sandhurst, being elected to the Geological Society of London in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
