Nasus
Encyclopedia
Nasus is Latin for nose or snout, and appears in many related terms:
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Fish species:
- GogonasusGogonasusGogonasus was a lobe-finned fish known from 3-dimensionally preserved 380 million-year-old fossils found from the Gogo Formation in Western Australia. It lived in the late Devonian period, on what was once a 1400 kilometre coral reef off the Kimberley coast surrounding the north-west of Australia...
, a Devonian fish and link to early tetrapods - Barbus nasusBarbus nasusBarbus nasus is a ray-finned fish species in the family Cyprinidae. It is found only in Morocco.Its natural habitat is freshwater springs. It is becoming rare due to habitat loss....
, a Cyprinid fish - Bassozetus nasus, a cusk-eel
- Chondrostoma nasus, naseNaseThe Common Nase is a potamodromous fish found in the basins of the Meuse, Rhine and Danube rivers. It is often simply called "the nase", but that can refer to any species of its genus Chondrostoma. Another local name is sneep....
- Coilia nasus, an anchovyAnchovyAnchovies are a family of small, common salt-water forage fish. There are 144 species in 17 genera, found in the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans. Anchovies are usually classified as an oily fish.-Description:...
- Coregonus nasus, broad whitefishBroad WhitefishThe broad whitefish is a freshwater whitefish species. Dark silvery in colour, and like a herring in its shape, its distinctive features include a convex head, short gill rakers, and a mild overbite. It is found in the Arctic-draining streams, lakes, and rivers of far eastern Russia and North...
- Lamna nasus, porbeaglePorbeagleThe porbeagle is a species of mackerel shark in the family Lamnidae, distributed widely in the cold and temperate marine waters of the North Atlantic and Southern Hemisphere. In the North Pacific, its ecological equivalent is the closely related salmon shark...
, a shark - Menticirrhus nasus, highfin king croaker, (see kingcroakerKingcroakerThe kingcroakers are a genus Menticirrhus of the family Sciaenidae.-Species:Menticirrhus americanus - Southern Kingfish: This species grows to 20 inches in length. Seven to eight dark bands mark the sides which shade from dusky above to almost white on the belly...
) - Nematalosa nasus, Bloch's gizzard shad (see ClupeidaeClupeidaeClupeidae is the family of the herrings, shads, sardines, hilsa and menhadens. It includes many of the most important food fishes in the world.-Description and biology:...
) - Ostracion nasus, shortnose boxfish (see boxfishBoxfishOstraciidae is a family of squared, bony fish belonging to the order Tetraodontiformes, closely related to the pufferfishes and filefishes. Fish in the family are known variously as boxfishes, cofferfishes, cowfishes and trunkfishes...
) - Parodon nasus (syn: Parodon tortuosus), freshwater fish (see CharacidaeCharacidaeThe Characidae, characids or characins are a family of freshwater subtropical and tropical fish, belonging to the order Characiformes. The name "characins" is the historical one, but scientists today tend to prefer "characids" to reflect their status as a by and large monophyletic group at family...
) - Typhlonus nasus, a cusk-eel (see OphidiidaeOphidiidaeThe cusk-eels family are a group of marine bony fishes in the order Ophidiiformes. The scientific name is from Greek ophis meaning "snake", and refers to their eel-like appearance...
) - Xenotilapia nasusXenotilapia nasusXenotilapia nasus is a species of fish in the Cichlidae family. It is found in Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Its natural habitat is freshwater lakes.-Source:* Bigirimana, C. 2005. . Downloaded on 5 August 2007....
, a Cichlid
Other species:
- Brookesia nasus, a small chameleon
- Conopsis nasus, a snake
- Hylodes nasusHylodes nasusHylodes nasus is a species of frog in the Leptodactylidae family.It is endemic to Brazil.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and rivers.It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:...
, Santa Catarina Tree Toad, (synonyms include: Hyla nasus, Elosia nasuta, Elosia nasus, Enydrobius nasus, Elosia nasus nasus)
Medical:
- Nasus externus, the external nose.
- Auris Nasus Larynx, a medical journal ("Ear Nose Throat")