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Pacific Plate Biogeography, with Special Reference to Shorefishes
Pacific Plate Biogeography, with Special Reference to Shorefishes VICTOR G. SPRINGER m SMITHSONIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ZOOLOGY • NUMBER 367 SERIES PUBLICATIONS OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION Emphasis upon publication as a means of "diffusing knowledge" was expressed by the first Secretary of the Smithsonian. In his formal plan for the Institution, Joseph Henry outlined a program that included the following statement: "It is proposed to publish a series of reports, giving an account of the new discoveries in science, and of the changes made from year to year in all branches of knowledge." This theme of basic research has been adhered to through the years by thousands of titles issued in series publications under the Smithsonian imprint, commencing with Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge in 1848 and continuing with the following active series: Smithsonian Contributions to Anthropology Smithsonian Contributions to Astrophysics Smithsonian Contributions to Botany Smithsonian Contributions to the Earth Sciences Smithsonian Contributions to the Marine Sciences Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology Smithsonian Contributions to Zoo/ogy Smithsonian Studies in Air and Space Smithsonian Studies in History and Technology In these series, the Institution publishes small papers and full-scale monographs that report the research and collections of its various museums and bureaux or of professional colleagues in the world cf science and scholarship. The publications are distributed by mailing lists to libraries, universities, and similar institutions throughout the world. Papers or monographs submitted for series publication are received by the Smithsonian Institution Press, subject to its own review for format and style, only through departments of the various Smithsonian museums or bureaux, where the manuscripts are given substantive review. -
Fish, Various Invertebrates
Zambezi Basin Wetlands Volume II : Chapters 7 - 11 - Contents i Back to links page CONTENTS VOLUME II Technical Reviews Page CHAPTER 7 : FRESHWATER FISHES .............................. 393 7.1 Introduction .................................................................... 393 7.2 The origin and zoogeography of Zambezian fishes ....... 393 7.3 Ichthyological regions of the Zambezi .......................... 404 7.4 Threats to biodiversity ................................................... 416 7.5 Wetlands of special interest .......................................... 432 7.6 Conservation and future directions ............................... 440 7.7 References ..................................................................... 443 TABLE 7.2: The fishes of the Zambezi River system .............. 449 APPENDIX 7.1 : Zambezi Delta Survey .................................. 461 CHAPTER 8 : FRESHWATER MOLLUSCS ................... 487 8.1 Introduction ................................................................. 487 8.2 Literature review ......................................................... 488 8.3 The Zambezi River basin ............................................ 489 8.4 The Molluscan fauna .................................................. 491 8.5 Biogeography ............................................................... 508 8.6 Biomphalaria, Bulinis and Schistosomiasis ................ 515 8.7 Conservation ................................................................ 516 8.8 Further investigations ................................................. -
First Record of Angry Worm Eel Skythrenchelys Zabra (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from the East Coast of India
Indian Journal of Geo Marine Sciences Vol. 48 (04), April 2019, pp. 413-415 First record of angry worm eel Skythrenchelys zabra (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from the east coast of India Anil Mohapatra1*, Dipanjan Ray2, Swarup R. Mohanty1, Subhrendu Sekhar Mishra3, & Rajeeb K. Mohanty4 1Estuarine Biology Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Gopalpur-on-Sea, Ganjam, Odisha 2Bajkul Milani Mahavidyalaya, Kismat Bajkul, Purba Medinipur, West Bengal, India 3Marine Fish Section, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata, India 4Indian Institute of Water Management (Indian Council of Agricultural Research), Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India *[E-mail: [email protected]] Received 09 November 2017; revised 25 April 2018 Skythrenchelys zabra (Castle and McCosker, 1999) a species belonging to the family Ophichthidae is reported for the first time from the east coast of India on the basis of 11 specimens collected from various fishing harbours along the West Bengal, Odisha and Andhra Pradesh coasts. The species was first described from south-west coast of India in the Arabian Sea. The present report extends the range of distribution of the species to the Bay of Bengal along the east coast of India. [Keywords: Myrophinae; Range extension; New record; Bay of Bengal] Introduction report from the Bay of Bengal filling the gap in The family Ophichthidae (Teleostei: Anguilliformes) its distribution. comprises 337 valid species of which 69 species are in the sub-family Myrophinae and 268 species in Materials and Methods Ophichthinae1. The Myrophinae contains 15 genera2, During the collection of anguilliform fishes along 6 with a moderately developed pectoral fin and 3 with the east coast of India for study of their diversity, four the pectoral fin reduced to a minute flap. -
Dipanjan RAY 1, Anil MOHAPATRA 1*, Sudeepta BISWAS 2, Kamala K. SATPATHY 2, and Subhrendu S. MISHRA3
ACTA ICHTHYOLOGICA ET PISCATORIA (2015) 45 (1): 89–93 DOI: 10.3750/AIP2015.45.1.10 FIRST RECORD OF THE EVERMANN’S SNAKE EEL, OPHICHTHUS LITHINUS (ACTINOPTERYGII: ANGUILLIFORMES: OPHICHTHIDAE), FROM NORTHERN INDIAN OCEAN Dipanjan RAY 1, Anil MOHAPATRA 1* , Sudeepta BISWAS 2, Kamala K. SATPATHY 2, and Subhrendu S. MISHRA 3 1 Marine Aquarium and Regional Center, Zoological Survey of India, Digha, West Bengal, India 2 EnSD, RSEG, EIRSG, IGCAR, Kalpakkam, Tamil Nadu, India 3 Marine Fish Section, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata, India Ray D., Mohapatra A., Biswas S., Satpathy K.K., Mishra S.S. 2015. First record of the Evermann’s snake eel, Ophichthus lithinus (Actinopterygii: Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae), from northern Indian Ocean. Acta Ichthyol. Piscat. 45 (1): 89–93 . Abstract. A little known species of snake eel, Ophichthus lithinus (Jordan et Richardson, 1908), is reported for the first time from the east coast of India, Bay of Bengal based on two specimens 632 and 720 mm in total length, collected respectively at Digha, West Bengal and Kalpakam, Tamil Nadu, India. This is the first attempt to pro - vide a detailed description of the species from the Indian Ocean. The presently reported findings constitute an extension of the known distributional range of this species from the Western Pacific to the eastern coast of India . Keywords: new record, fish, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, India, Bay of Bengal The fishes of the family Ophichthidae, commonly pling), nocturnal activity, and a specific habitat preference known as snake eels and worm eels, comprise 59 genera, of (Castle and McCosker 1999). which 45 are belonging to the subfamily Ophichthinae (tail The aim of this study was to describe the morpholog - tip hard, pointed and finless) (McCosker 1998, 1999, 2007) ical characteristics of a rare snake eel species—the and 14 to the subfamily Myrophinae (tail tip flexible and Evermann’s snake eel, Ophichthus lithinus (Jordan et confluent with dorsal and anal fins) (McCosker et al. -
First Record of Stargazer Snake Eel Brachysomophis Cirrocheilos (Family: Ophichthidae), from Pakistani Water
INT. J. BIOL. BIOTECH., 13 (3): 445-447, 2016. FIRST RECORD OF STARGAZER SNAKE EEL BRACHYSOMOPHIS CIRROCHEILOS (FAMILY: OPHICHTHIDAE), FROM PAKISTANI WATER Syeda Kashifa Zohra and Hamid Badar Osmany Marine Fisheries Department, Karachi, Pakistan. ([email protected]) ABSTRACT The paper describes the first ever confirmation of existence of Brachysomophis cirrocheilos Bleeker known as stargazer snake eel from Pakistani water. As ample was collected from the Swatch area of Sindh coast of Pakistan on 6thJanuary 2016. This document provides a short description with photographs of the sample and distribution. Key-words: Stargazer snake eel, Brachysomophis cirrocheilos,Ophichthidae, Sindh, Pakistan. INTRODUCTION Brachysomophis cirrocheilos (Bleeker) described with the name of Ophisurus cirrocheilos by Bleeker in 1857 from Ambon, Indonesia. Family Ophichthidae (snake eel and worm eel) comprises 5 genera and 7 species in Pakistan (Talwar, 1991; Remadevi and Ravichandran, 1997; Castle and McCosker, 1999; Moazzam and Osmany , 2015). The family Ophichthidae (snake eels) has a typical feature of finless firm pointed tail tip. MATERIALS AND METHODS The specimen was collected from Karachi fish harbor on Jan 08th, 2016. The information regarding location of the specimen, length, weight and different body parts measurements to the nearest mm were noted. Then photographs of all body parts which help to identified as a new record of this species. After confirmation and measurements, specimen was fixed in 10% formalin in the museum of the MFD, Govtof Pakistan. DESCRIPTION The sample showed a grouping of feature, like firms sharp tail tip among dorsal fin along with anal fin which ends ahead of tail tip (Fig. 1) and pectoral fins are well developed (Fig. -
Proceedings of the International Conference on Biodiversity – Present State, Problems and Prospects of Its Conservation
Proceedings of the International Conference on Biodiversity – Present State, Problems and Prospects of its Conservation January 8-10, 2011 University of Chittgaong, Chittagong 4331, Bangladesh Eivin Røskaft David J. Chivers (Eds.) Organised by Norwegian University of Science and Technology NO 7491, Trondheim, Norway University of Chittagong Chittagong 4331, Bangladesh Norwegian Centre for International Cooperation in Education (SIU), NO 5809, Bergen, Norway i Editors Professor Eivin Røskaft, PhD Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) Department of Biology, Realfagbygget, NO-7491, Trondheim, Norway. E-mail: [email protected] David J. Chivers, PhD University of Cambridge Anatomy School, Cambridge CB3 9DQ, United Kingdom. Contact address: Selwyn College, Grange Road, Cambridge CB3 9DQ, United Kingdom. E-mail: [email protected] Assistant Editor A H M Raihan Sarker, PhD Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) Department of Biology, Realfagbygget, NO-7491, Trondheim, Norway. E-mail: [email protected] and [email protected] Cover photo: Mountains from Teknaf Wildlife Sanctuary, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh is a part of Teknaf Peninsula and located in the south-eastern corner of Bangladesh near the Myanmar border. It was the first protected area in Bangladesh established in 1983 to protect wild Asian elephants (Elephas maximus). (Photograph © Per Harald Olsen, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway). ISBN 978-82-998991-0-9 (Printed ed.) ISBN 978-82-998991-1-6 (Digital ed.) ISSN 1893-3572 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, re-use of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other way, and storage in data banks. -
CBD Strategy and Action Plan
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FAMILY Ophichthidae Gunther, 1870
FAMILY Ophichthidae Gunther, 1870 - snake eels and worm eels SUBFAMILY Myrophinae Kaup, 1856 - worm eels [=Neenchelidae, Aoteaidae, Muraenichthyidae, Benthenchelyini] Notes: Myrophinae Kaup, 1856a:53 [ref. 2572] (subfamily) Myrophis [also Kaup 1856b:29 [ref. 2573]] Neenchelidae Bamber, 1915:478 [ref. 172] (family) Neenchelys [corrected to Neenchelyidae by Jordan 1923a:133 [ref. 2421], confirmed by Fowler 1934b:163 [ref. 32669], by Myers & Storey 1956:21 [ref. 32831] and by Greenwood, Rosen, Weitzman & Myers 1966:393 [ref. 26856]] Aoteaidae Phillipps, 1926:533 [ref. 6447] (family) Aotea [Gosline 1971:124 [ref. 26857] used Aotidae; family name sometimes seen as Aoteidae or Aoteridae] Muraenichthyidae Whitley, 1955b:110 [ref. 4722] (family) Muraenichthys [name only, used as valid before 2000?; not available] Benthenchelyini McCosker, 1977:13, 57 [ref. 6836] (tribe) Benthenchelys GENUS Ahlia Jordan & Davis, 1891 - worm eels [=Ahlia Jordan [D. S.] & Davis [B. M.], 1891:639] Notes: [ref. 2437]. Fem. Myrophis egmontis Jordan, 1884. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Ahlia Jordan & Davis, 1891 -- (McCosker et al. 1989:272 [ref. 13288], McCosker 2003:732 [ref. 26993], McCosker et al. 2012:1191 [ref. 32371]). Current status: Valid as Ahlia Jordan & Davis, 1891. Ophichthidae: Myrophinae. Species Ahlia egmontis (Jordan, 1884) - key worm eel [=Myrophis egmontis Jordan [D. S.], 1884:44, Leptocephalus crenatus Strömman [P. H.], 1896:32, Pl. 3 (figs. 4-5), Leptocephalus hexastigma Regan [C. T.] 1916:141, Pl. 7 (fig. 6), Leptocephalus humilis Strömman [P. H.], 1896:29, Pl. 2 (figs. 7-9), Myrophis macrophthalmus Parr [A. E.], 1930:10, Fig. 1 (bottom), Myrophis microps Parr [A. E.], 1930:11, Fig. 1 (top)] Notes: [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. -
Guidelines for the Capture and Management of Digital Zoological Names Information Francisco W
Guidelines for the Capture and Management of Digital Zoological Names Information Francisco W. Welter-Schultes Version 1.1 March 2013 Suggested citation: Welter-Schultes, F.W. (2012). Guidelines for the capture and management of digital zoological names information. Version 1.1 released on March 2013. Copenhagen: Global Biodiversity Information Facility, 126 pp, ISBN: 87-92020-44-5, accessible online at http://www.gbif.org/orc/?doc_id=2784. ISBN: 87-92020-44-5 (10 digits), 978-87-92020-44-4 (13 digits). Persistent URI: http://www.gbif.org/orc/?doc_id=2784. Language: English. Copyright © F. W. Welter-Schultes & Global Biodiversity Information Facility, 2012. Disclaimer: The information, ideas, and opinions presented in this publication are those of the author and do not represent those of GBIF. License: This document is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0. Document Control: Version Description Date of release Author(s) 0.1 First complete draft. January 2012 F. W. Welter- Schultes 0.2 Document re-structured to improve February 2012 F. W. Welter- usability. Available for public Schultes & A. review. González-Talaván 1.0 First public version of the June 2012 F. W. Welter- document. Schultes 1.1 Minor editions March 2013 F. W. Welter- Schultes Cover Credit: GBIF Secretariat, 2012. Image by Levi Szekeres (Romania), obtained by stock.xchng (http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1389360). March 2013 ii Guidelines for the management of digital zoological names information Version 1.1 Table of Contents How to use this book ......................................................................... 1 SECTION I 1. Introduction ................................................................................ 2 1.1. Identifiers and the role of Linnean names ......................................... 2 1.1.1 Identifiers .................................................................................. -
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06_250317 part1-3.qxd 12/13/05 7:32 PM Page 15 Phylum Chordata Chordates are placed in the superphylum Deuterostomia. The possible rela- tionships of the chordates and deuterostomes to other metazoans are dis- cussed in Halanych (2004). He restricts the taxon of deuterostomes to the chordates and their proposed immediate sister group, a taxon comprising the hemichordates, echinoderms, and the wormlike Xenoturbella. The phylum Chordata has been used by most recent workers to encompass members of the subphyla Urochordata (tunicates or sea-squirts), Cephalochordata (lancelets), and Craniata (fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals). The Cephalochordata and Craniata form a mono- phyletic group (e.g., Cameron et al., 2000; Halanych, 2004). Much disagree- ment exists concerning the interrelationships and classification of the Chordata, and the inclusion of the urochordates as sister to the cephalochor- dates and craniates is not as broadly held as the sister-group relationship of cephalochordates and craniates (Halanych, 2004). Many excitingCOPYRIGHTED fossil finds in recent years MATERIAL reveal what the first fishes may have looked like, and these finds push the fossil record of fishes back into the early Cambrian, far further back than previously known. There is still much difference of opinion on the phylogenetic position of these new Cambrian species, and many new discoveries and changes in early fish systematics may be expected over the next decade. As noted by Halanych (2004), D.-G. (D.) Shu and collaborators have discovered fossil ascidians (e.g., Cheungkongella), cephalochordate-like yunnanozoans (Haikouella and Yunnanozoon), and jaw- less craniates (Myllokunmingia, and its junior synonym Haikouichthys) over the 15 06_250317 part1-3.qxd 12/13/05 7:32 PM Page 16 16 Fishes of the World last few years that push the origins of these three major taxa at least into the Lower Cambrian (approximately 530–540 million years ago). -
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Ⓒ del autor: Domingo Lloris Ⓒ mayo 2007, Generalitat de Catalunya Departament d'Agricultura, Alimentació i Acció Rural, per aquesta primera edició Diseño y producción: Dsignum, estudi gràfic, s.l. Coordinación: Lourdes Porta ISBN: Depósito legal: B-16457-2007 Foto página anterior: Reconstrucción de las mandíbulas de un Megalodonte (Carcharocles megalodon) GLOSARIO ILUSTRADO DE ICTIOLOGÍA PARA EL MUNDO HISPANOHABLANTE Acuariología, Acuarismo, Acuicultura, Anatomía, Autoecología, Biocenología, Biodiver- sidad, Biogeografía, Biología, Biología evolutiva, Biología conservativa, Biología mole- cular, Biología pesquera, Biometría, Biotecnología, Botánica marina, Caza submarina, Clasificación, Climatología, Comercialización, Coro logía, Cromatismo, Ecología, Ecolo- gía trófica, Embriología, Endocri nología, Epizootiología, Estadística, Fenología, Filoge- nia, Física, Fisiología, Genética, Genómica, Geografía, Geología, Gestión ambiental, Hematología, Histolo gía, Ictiología, Ictionimia, Merística, Meteorología, Morfología, Navegación, Nomen clatura, Oceanografía, Organología, Paleontología, Patología, Pesca comercial, Pesca recreativa, Piscicultura, Química, Reproducción, Siste mática, Taxono- mía, Técnicas pesqueras, Teoría del muestreo, Trofismo, Zooar queología, Zoología. D. Lloris Doctor en Ciencias Biológicas Ictiólogo del Instituto de Ciencias del Mar (CSIC) Barcelona PRÓLOGO En mi ya lejana época universitaria se estudiaba mediante apuntes recogidos en las aulas y, más tarde, según el interés transmitido por el profesor y la avidez de conocimiento del alumno, se ampliaban con extractos procedentes de diversos libros de consulta. Así descubrí que, mientras en algunas disciplinas resultaba fácil encontrar obras en una lengua autóctona o traducida, en otras brillaban por su ausen- cia. He de admitir que el hecho me impresionó, pues ponía al descubierto toda una serie de oscuras caren- cias que marcaron un propósito a seguir en la disciplina que me ha ocupado durante treinta años: la ictiología. -
Checklist of the Shore and Epipelagic Fishes of Tonga
ATOLL RESEARCH BULLETIN NO. 502 CHECKLIST OF THE SHORE AND EPIPEGAGIC FISHES OF TONGA BY JOHN E. RANDALL, JEFFREY T. WILLIAMS, DAVID G. SMITH, MICHEL KULBICKI, GERALD MOU THAM, PIERRE LABROSSE, MECKI KRONEN, ERIC CLUA, AND BRADLEY S. MANN ISSUEDBY NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION WASHINGTON, D.C., U.S.A. AUGUST2003 Niuafo'ov 0 }•lohi lliualoputapu ............ ~-··-···~~-·--~~.-.'!- ... ~"-"'~-- .. ~---- ...... -~---'*----·- .. '18 Fonualei ... · Tolw 1. SOUTH PACIFIC V A V A 'U GR 0 U P! . ; i 0 C.E AN 1 1 l 1 ---20 ; Nomuka l.':l , 1 ,;} NdfUKA ·oru(roLo GrOUP GRQUP 1 ~.,,,,, t j Tongatapu u \; 1 !rONGATAPU ~·Euil ! GROUP ~ 1 i ' ----- ...... J .. .,........ "' ....... Sl.~----·--····· ..... i ~ONGA l ir Capltal city J 0 110 lOOiGI~ 1 1 ___ ,·--·-1--· """"--··--···--.............. ______ ...... .. Figure 1. The Kingdom of Tonga. CHECKLIST OF THE SHORE AND EPIPELAGIC FISHES OF TONGA BY 1 2 2 JOHN E. RANDALL , JEFFREY T. WILLIAMS , DAVID G. SMITH , MICHEL 3 3 4 4 KULBICKI , GERALD MOU THAM , PIERRE LABROSSE , MEC KI KRONEN , 4 5 ERIC CLUA , and BRADLEY S. MANN ABSTRACT A checklist is given below of 1162 species of shore and epipelagic fishes belonging to 111 families that occur in the islands of Tonga, South Pacifie Ocean; 40 of these are epipelagic species. As might be expected, the fish fauna of Tonga is most similar to those of Samoa and Fiji; at least 658 species of the fishes found in Tonga are also known from Fiji and the islands of Samoa. Twelve species of shore fishes are presently known only from Tonga. Specimens of Tongan fishes are housed mainly in the fish collections of the National Museum ofNatural History, Washington D.C.; Bernice P.