Raiamas
Encyclopedia
Raiamas is a genus of cyprinid
fishes that is found in Africa
and Asia
.
Cyprinid
The family Cyprinidae, from the Ancient Greek kyprînos , consists of the carps, the true minnows, and their relatives . Commonly called the carp family or the minnow family, its members are also known as cyprinids...
fishes that is found in Africa
Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
and Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
.
Species
- Raiamas ansorgiiRaiamas ansorgiiRaiamas ansorgii is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Raiamas....
(BoulengerGeorge Albert BoulengerGeorge Albert Boulenger FRS was a Belgian-British zoologist who identified over 2000 new animal species, chiefly fish, reptiles and amphibians.-Life:...
, 1910) - Raiamas batesiiRaiamas batesiiRaiamas batesii is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Raiamas....
(BoulengerGeorge Albert BoulengerGeorge Albert Boulenger FRS was a Belgian-British zoologist who identified over 2000 new animal species, chiefly fish, reptiles and amphibians.-Life:...
, 1914) - Raiamas bolaRaiamas bolaRaiamas bola is a carp of the Cyprinidae family, available in the Bay of Bengal....
(F. HamiltonFrancis Buchanan-HamiltonDr Francis Buchanan, later known as Francis Hamilton but often referred to as Francis Buchanan-Hamilton was a Scottish physician who made significant contributions as a geographer, zoologist, and botanist while living in India.The standard botanical author abbreviation Buch.-Ham. is applied to...
, 1822) (Trout barb) - Raiamas buchholziRaiamas buchholziRaiamas buchholzi is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Raiamas....
(W. K. H. PetersWilhelm PetersWilhelm Karl Hartwich Peters was a German naturalist and explorer.He was assistant to Johannes Peter Müller and later curator of the Berlin Zoological Museum. In September 1842 he travelled to Mozambique via Angola. He returned to Berlin with an enormous collection of natural history specimens...
, 1876) - Raiamas christyi (BoulengerGeorge Albert BoulengerGeorge Albert Boulenger FRS was a Belgian-British zoologist who identified over 2000 new animal species, chiefly fish, reptiles and amphibians.-Life:...
, 1920) (Coppernose barb) - Raiamas guttatus (F. DayFrancis DayFrancis Day CIE was Inspector-General of Fisheries in India and Burma and an ichthyologist.He was born on 2 March 1829 Maresfield, Sussex, UK third son of William and Ann Day. He became the medical officer in the Madras Presidency, East India Company services in 1852.Francis Day was created a...
, 1870) (Burmese trout) - Raiamas kheeliRaiamas kheeliRaiamas kheeli is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Raiamas....
Stiassny, Schelly & Schliewen, 2006 - Raiamas levequeiRaiamas levequeiRaiamas levequei is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Raiamas....
Howes & Teugels, 1989 - Raiamas longirostrisRaiamas longirostrisRaiamas longirostris is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Raiamas....
(BoulengerGeorge Albert BoulengerGeorge Albert Boulenger FRS was a Belgian-British zoologist who identified over 2000 new animal species, chiefly fish, reptiles and amphibians.-Life:...
, 1902) - Raiamas moorii (BoulengerGeorge Albert BoulengerGeorge Albert Boulenger FRS was a Belgian-British zoologist who identified over 2000 new animal species, chiefly fish, reptiles and amphibians.-Life:...
, 1900) (Lake Rukwa minnow) - Raiamas nigeriensisRaiamas nigeriensisRaiamas nigeriensis is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Raiamas....
(Daget, 1959) - Raiamas salmoluciusRaiamas salmoluciusRaiamas salmolucius is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Raiamas....
(NicholsJohn Treadwell NicholsJohn Treadwell Nichols was an American ichthyologist.-Biography:Nichols was born as son of John White Treadwell Nichols in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Massachusetts. In 1906 he studied vertebrate zoology at Harvard College where he graduated to Bachelor of Arts...
& GriscomLudlow GriscomLudlow Griscom was an American ornithologist known as a pioneer in field ornithology.-Biography:Griscom was born in New York City, the son of Clement Acton Griscom and Genevieve Sprigg Ludlow. He was a protege of Frank Chapman, later working for Thomas Barbour at Harvard University's Museum of...
, 1917) - Raiamas scarciensisRaiamas scarciensisRaiamas scarciensis is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Raiamas....
Howes & Teugels, 1989 - Raiamas senegalensis (SteindachnerFranz SteindachnerFranz Steindachner was an Austrian zoologist.- Work and career :Being interested in natural history, Steindachner took up the study of fossil fishes on the recommendation of his friend Eduard Suess...
, 1870) (Silver fish) - Raiamas shariensisRaiamas shariensisRaiamas shariensis is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Raiamas....
(FowlerHenry Weed FowlerHenry Weed Fowler was an American zoologist born in Holmesburg, Pennsylvania.He studied at Stanford University under David Starr Jordan...
, 1949) - Raiamas steindachneriRaiamas steindachneriRaiamas steindachneri is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Raiamas....
(PellegrinJacques PellegrinJacques Pellegrin was a French zoologist.Pellegrin was born in Paris, and studied natural history. In 1894 he became assistant chairman of zoology at the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, replacing Léon Vaillant .He got his doctorates in medicine and science...
, 1908)