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Yirrkala (fish)
''Yirrkala'' is a genus of eels in the snake eel family Ophichthidae. It is named after Yirrkala, an indigenous Australians, indigenous community in Arnhem Land, in the Northern Territory of Australia. Species There are currently 15 recognized species in this genus: References Ophichthinae {{Anguilliformes-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilbert Percy Whitley
Gilbert Percy Whitley (9 June 1903 – 18 July 1975) was a British-born Australian ichthyologist and malacologist who was Curator of Fishes at the Australian Museum in Sydney for about 40 years. He was born at Swaythling, Southampton, England, and was educated at King Edward VI School, Southampton and the Royal Naval College, Osborne. Whitley migrated with his family to Sydney in 1921 and he joined the staff of the Australian Museum in 1922 while studying zoology at Sydney Technical College and the University of Sydney. In 1925 he was formally appointed Ichthyologist (later Curator of Fishes) at the Museum, a position he held until retirement in 1964. During his term of office he doubled the size of the ichthyological collection to 37,000 specimens through many collecting expeditions. Whitley was also a major force in the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales, of which he was made a Fellow in 1934 and where he served as president during 1940–41, 1959–60 and 1973� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yirrkala Kaupii
''Yirrkala kaupii'' is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).ef. 31413as 1858.">ef. 31413">ate of publication from Kottelat 2011:78 [ref. 31413as 1858./ref> It is a tropical, freshwater">ef. 31413as 1858./ref> It is a tropical">ef. 31413as 1858.">ef. 31413">ate of publication from Kottelat 2011:78 [ref. 31413as 1858./ref> It is a tropical, freshwater eel which is known from Indonesia and the Philippines. Males can reach a maximum total length of . References Yirrkala, kaupi Fish described in 1858 {{Anguilliformes-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yirrkala Ori
''Yirrkala ori'' is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).''Yirrkala ori'' at www.fishbase.org. It was described by in 2011.McCosker, J. E., 2011 (18 Apr.) ef. 31260''Two new Indo-Pacific species of the sand-eel genus Yirrkala (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae).'' Smithiana, Publications in Aquatic Biodiversity, Bulletin No. 13: 45-50. It is a , [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Roxborough Norman
John Roxborough Norman (1898, Wandsworth, London – 26 May 1944, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire) was an English ichthyologist. He started as a clerk in a bank. His lifetime affliction with rheumatic fever began during his military service during the First World War. He entered the British Museum in 1921 where he worked for Charles Tate Regan (1878-1943). From 1939 to 1944, he was in charge of the Natural History Museum at Tring as the Curator of Zoology. Norman was the author of, among others, ''A History of Fishes'' (1931) and ''A Draft Synopsis of the Orders, Families and Genera of Recent Fishes'' (1957). He was considered closer to Albert Günther Albert Karl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther FRS, also Albert Charles Lewis Gotthilf Günther (3 October 1830 – 1 February 1914), was a German-born British zoologist, ichthyologist, and herpetologist. Günther is ranked the second-most productive re ... (1830-1914) than to Regan. See also * :Taxa named by John Roxborough Norman Referenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yirrkala Omanensis
''Yirrkala omanensis'' also known as the Oman snake eel is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). It was described by John Roxborough Norman in 1939, originally under the genus '' Sphagebranchus''.Norman, J.R. (1939): Fishes. The John Murray Expedition 1933-34. ''Scientific Reports, John Murray Expedition v. 7 (no. 1): 1-116.'' It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the Gulf of Oman (from which its species epithet and common name are derived), in the western Indian Ocean. It is known to dwell at a depth of . Males can reach a maximum total length Fish measurement is the measuring of individual fish and various parts of their anatomies. These data are used in many areas of ichthyology, including taxonomy and fisheries biology. Overall length * Standard length (SL) is the length of a fish ... of . References Yirrkala Taxa named by John Roxborough Norman Fish described in 1939 {{Ophichthidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yirrkala Nkust
Yirrkala is a small community in East Arnhem Region, Northern Territory, Australia, southeast of the large mining town of Nhulunbuy, on the Gove Peninsula in Arnhem Land. Its population comprises predominantly Aboriginal Australians of the Yolngu people, and it is also home to a number of Mission Aviation Fellowship pilots and engineers based in Arnhem Land, providing air transport services. In the , Yirrkala had a population of 809 people. History There has been an Aboriginal community at Yirrkala throughout recorded history, but the community increased enormously in size when Yirrkala mission was founded in 1935. Land rights Yirrkala played a pivotal role in the development of the relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians when the document Bark Petition was created at Yirrkala in 1963 and sent to the Federal Government to protest at the Prime Minister's announcement that a parcel of their land was to be sold to a bauxite mining company. Although t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yirrkala Moorei
''Yirrkala moorei'' is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).''Yirrkala moorei'' at www.fishbase.org. It was described by in 2006.McCosker, J. E., 2006 (18 Apr.) ef. 29014''A new species of sand eel, Yirrkala moorei (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae), from the South Pacific.'' Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 4) v. 57 (no. 10): 373-377. It is a , |
Yirrkala Moluccensis
''Yirrkala moluccensis'' is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).''Yirrkala moluccensis'' at www.fishbase.org. It was described by in 1864, originally under the genus '' Pisoodonophis''.Bleeker, P., 1864-65 ef. 4860''Atlas ichthyologique des Indes Orientales Néêrlandaises, publié sous les auspices du Gouvernement colonial néêrlandaises.'' Tome IV. Murènes, Synbranches, Leptocéphales. v. 4: 1-150, Pls. 145-193. It is a |
Albert Günther
Albert Karl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther Fellow of the Royal Society, FRS, also Albert Charles Lewis Gotthilf Günther (3 October 1830 – 1 February 1914), was a German-born British zoologist, ichthyologist, and herpetologist. Günther is ranked the second-most productive reptile taxonomist (after George Albert Boulenger) with more than 340 reptile species described. Early life and career Günther was born in Esslingen am Neckar, Esslingen in Swabia (Württemberg). His father was a ''Stiftungs-Commissar'' in Esslingen and his mother was Eleonora Nagel. He initially schooled at the Stuttgart Gymnasium. His family wished him to train for the ministry of the Lutheran Church for which he moved to the University of Tübingen. A brother shifted from theology to medicine, and he, too, turned to science and medicine at Tübingen in 1852. His first work was "''Ueber den Puppenzustand eines Distoma''". He graduated in medicine with an M.D. from Tübingen in 1858, the same year in which he pub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yirrkala Misolensis
The Misol snake eel at www.fishbase.org. (''Yirrkala misolensis'') is an in the family (worm/snake eels).''Yirrkala misolensis'' at www.fishbase.org. It was described by |
Wolfgang Klausewitz
Wolfgang Klausewitz (20 July 1921 – 31 August 2018) was a German zoologist, ichthyologist, marine biologist and biohistorian. Early life Klausewitz was born in Berlin. He attended school in Berlin, then, in 1941, was sent as a soldier to North Africa, France, and Italy. He was captured by U.S. forces in 1945. From 1946 to 1947 he worked for the Field Investigations Agency. Professional career Between 1947 and 1952, he studied zoology, botany, anthropology, and psychology at the University of Frankfurt receiving his Ph.D. 1952 supervised by the herpetologist Robert Mertens. In 1948, he married Rita Willmann, who died in 1995. In 1954, he was put in charge of the fish section of the Naturmuseum Senckenberg. In 1971 he became head of the department zoology I (vertebrates) and 1980 deputy director of the Museum. He retired 1987 but remained active as an emeritus in the field of ichthyology and history of natural science. Klausewitz participated in several expeditions, including t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yirrkala Maculata
''Yirrkala maculata'' is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).''Yirrkala maculata'' at www.fishbase.org. It was described by in 1964, originally under the genus ''''.Klausewitz, W., 1964 (21 Dec.) ef. 2347''Zwei neue Arten von aalartigen Fischen aus dem Indischen Ozean (Pisces, Apodes, Muraenidae, Ophichthidae).'' Senckenbergiana Biologica v. 45 (no. 6): 665-669. It is a < ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
