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Ladigesocypris ghigii

Ladigesocypris ghigii is a biology topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Ladigesocypris ghigii rather than just read about it. In short: Ladigesocypris ghigii, the Rhodes minnow, gizani or ghizáni, is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, which includes the daces, Eurasian minnows and related species. It is endemic to the island of Rhodes in Greece.

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Reference excerpt

Ladigesocypris ghigii, the Rhodes minnow, gizani or ghizáni, is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, which includes the daces, Eurasian minnows and related species. It is endemic to the island of Rhodes in Greece.

Taxonomy Ladigesocypris ghigii was first formally described as Leucaspius ghigli ib 1927 by the Italian ichthyologist Luisa Gianferrari with its type locality given as the Mulini River at Coschino on Rhodes. In 1972 Mladen S. Karaman proposed the new genus Ladigesocypris with Leucaspius ghigli designated as the type species, as well as being the type by monotypy. The genus Ladigesocypris, which has one other species, L. mermere, classified within it, is classified within the subfamily Leuciscinae of the family Leuciscidae.

Etymology Ladigesocypris ghigii belongs to the genus Ladigesocypris, this name suffixes Ladiges, the surname of the German aquarist and ichthyologist Werner Ladiges, with cypris, a common suffix for Cyprinoid genera. Ladiges translated Karaman's manuscript. The specific name, 'is an eponym, the person honoured being Alessandro Ghigi, an Italian zoologist at the University of Bologna, the collectors of the holotype.

Description Ladigesocypris ghigii is told apart from other related species in the Balkans by having an incomplete lateral line, which has between 11 and 17 perforated scales with 27 to 23 total scales in the midlateral row. The dorsal fin has 6 to 8+1⁄2 branched rays while the anal fin has 7 to 9+1⁄2 branched rays. There is a wide dark midlateral stripe running from the head to base of the caudal fin, which separates the dark brown back from the white belly. The Rhodes minnow has a maximum standard length 9 cm (3.5 in).

Distribution and habitat Ladigesocypris ghigii is endemic to Rhodes in the Dodecanese of Greece where it is found in streams, springs, reservoirs and pools.

References

"Gizani". EU LIFE-Nature project page. Archived from the original on 5 Feb 2019.

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Example 3 — an exam-style question

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Applications of Ladigesocypris ghigii

In research: Ladigesocypris ghigii appears in biology research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Ladigesocypris ghigii in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Ladigesocypris ghigii is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Endemic fauna of Greece, Fish described in 1927, Habitats Directive species, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
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