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Eigenmannia, the Glossary

Eigenmannia is a genus of fish in the family Sternopygidae (glass knifefishes) native to tropical and subtropical South America (south to the Río de la Plata Basin), and Panama.^[1]

25 relations: Achille Valenciennes, Alípio de Miranda-Ribeiro, Barton Warren Evermann, Cavefish, David Starr Jordan, Eigenmannia bumba, Eigenmannia cacuria, Eigenmannia goajira, Eigenmannia robsoni, Eigenmannia vicentespelaea, Eigenmannia virescens, Family (biology), Fish, Francisco Mago Leccia, Franz Steindachner, Genus, George Albert Boulenger, Glass knifefish, Johannes Theodor Reinhardt, Leonard Peter Schultz, Nocturnality, Panama, Río de la Plata Basin, Subtropics, Zooplankton.
Sternopygidae

Achille Valenciennes

Achille Valenciennes (9 August 1794 – 13 April 1865) was a French zoologist.

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Alípio de Miranda-Ribeiro

Alípio de Miranda-Ribeiro (21 February 1874, Rio Preto, Minas Gerais – 8 January 1939) was a Brazilian herpetologist and ichthyologist.

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Barton Warren Evermann

Barton Warren Evermann (October 24, 1853 – September 27, 1932) was an American ichthyologist.

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Cavefish

Cavefish or cave fish is a generic term for fresh and brackish water fish adapted to life in caves and other underground habitats.

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David Starr Jordan

David Starr Jordan (January 19, 1851 – September 19, 1931) was the founding president of Stanford University, serving from 1891 to 1913.

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Eigenmannia bumba

Eigenmannia bumba is a species of glass knifefish in the family Sternopygidae. Eigenmannia and Eigenmannia bumba are Sternopygidae.

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Eigenmannia cacuria

Eigenmannia cacuria is a species of glass knifefish in the family Sternopygidae. Eigenmannia and Eigenmannia cacuria are Sternopygidae.

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Eigenmannia goajira

Eigenmannia goajira is a species of glass knifefish found in the Lake Maracaibo basin in Colombia and Venezuela. Eigenmannia and Eigenmannia goajira are Sternopygidae.

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Eigenmannia robsoni

Eigenmannia robsoni is a species of glass knifefish in the family Sternopygidae. Eigenmannia and Eigenmannia robsoni are Sternopygidae.

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Eigenmannia vicentespelaea

Eigenmannia vicentespelaea is a species of weakly electric knifefish in the family Sternopygidae. Eigenmannia and Eigenmannia vicentespelaea are Sternopygidae.

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Eigenmannia virescens

Eigenmannia virescens is a weakly electric freshwater fish found across South America. Eigenmannia and Eigenmannia virescens are Sternopygidae.

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Family (biology)

Family (familia,: familiae) is one of the nine major hierarchical taxonomic ranks in Linnaean taxonomy.

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Fish

A fish (fish or fishes) is an aquatic, anamniotic, gill-bearing vertebrate animal with swimming fins and a hard skull, but lacking limbs with digits.

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Francisco Mago Leccia

Francisco Mago Leccia (“Mago”) was born in Tumeremo, Bolívar State, Venezuela on May 21, 1931 and died in Puerto La Cruz, Anzoátegui State, Venezuela on February 27, 2004.

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Franz Steindachner

Franz Steindachner (11 November 1834 in Vienna – 10 December 1919 in Vienna) was an Austrian zoologist, ichthyologist, and herpetologist.

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Genus

Genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family as used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses.

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George Albert Boulenger (19 October 1858 – 23 November 1937) was a Belgian-British zoologist who described and gave scientific names to over 2,000 new animal species, chiefly fish, reptiles, and amphibians.

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Glass knifefish

Glass knifefishes are fishes in the family Sternopygidae in the order Gymnotiformes. Eigenmannia and Glass knifefish are Sternopygidae.

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Johannes Theodor Reinhardt

Johannes Theodor Reinhardt (3 December 1816, in Copenhagen – 23 October 1882, in Frederiksberg) was a Danish zoologist and herpetologist.

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Leonard Peter Schultz

Leonard Peter Schultz (1901–1986) was an American ichthyologist.

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Nocturnality

Nocturnality is a behavior in some non-human animals characterized by being active during the night and sleeping during the day.

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Panama

Panama, officially the Republic of Panama, is a country in Latin America at the southern end of Central America, bordering South America.

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Río de la Plata Basin

The Río de la Plata basin (Cuenca del Plata, Bacia do Prata), more often called the River Plate basin in scholarly writings, sometimes called the Platine basin or Platine region, is the hydrographical area in South America that drains to the Río de la Plata.

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Subtropics

The subtropical zones or subtropics are geographical and climate zones to the north and south of the tropics.

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Zooplankton

Zooplankton are the animal (or heterotrophic) component of the planktonic community (the "zoo-" prefix comes from), having to consume other organisms to thrive.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eigenmannia