Maria Portaro (February 24, 1944, Agropoli - July 3, 1986, Agropoli) was a Italian marine biologist and ichthyologist, famous for her work on the fish of Amalfi Coast. Events 303 - Galerius, Roman Emperor, publishes his edict that begins the persecution of Christians in his portion of the Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Agropoli is an important city of the pristine area called Cilento in the Province of Salerno, in the Campania region of Italy, located at the beginning Events 324 - Battle of Adrianople Constantine I defeats Licinius, who flees to Byzantium. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Marine biology is the scientific study of living Organisms in the Ocean or other marine or Brackish bodies of water Ichthyology (from Greek ἰχθυ ikhthu, "fish" and λόγος logos, "knowledge" is the branch of Zoology devoted to the study The Amalfi Coast, or Costiera Amalfitana in Italian, is a stretch of coastline on the southern side of the Sorrentine Peninsula of Italy (
Born into a poor family, she struggled to find a job. In 1956, at the age of 12, her uncle gave Maria a job at his fish store. Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. After 9 years working at the store, a biologist came in one day, and noticed her intelligence of the many kinds of fish. He offered her an internship. After six months her hard work paid off. She then started working as a marine biologist, and ichthyologist.
During her time in the Amalfi Coast, she collected well over 450 specimen, many of which are today at the Natural History Museum in Florence. The Natural History Museum is one of three large Museums on Exhibition Road, South Kensington, London (the others are the Science Museum Florence ( Italian: Firenze Florentia and Fiorenza) is the Capital City of the Italian region of Tuscany
On July 3, 1986, Portaro returned to here home town to return to her family for the 4th of July. Events 836 - Pactum Sicardi, peace between the Principality of Benevento and the Duchy of Naples That afternoon, she took them scuba diving at a close beach. Twenty minutes into the dive, a shark came from behind a big rock. It had bitten both her legs off. Maria was sent to a nearby hospital where she later bled to death.
Portaro published more than 500 papers on ichthyology, describing 302 new genera and 1548 new species. A genus (plural genera from Γένος Latin genus "descent family type gender" is a low-level Taxonomic In Biology, a species is one of the basic units of Biological classification and a Taxonomic rank.
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