This glossary of ichthyology is a list of definitions of terms and concepts used in ichthyology, the study of fishes. Contents: A B C D E F G H I J K...
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Ichthyology is the branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish, including bony fish (Osteichthyes), cartilaginous fish (Chondrichthyes), and jawless...
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entomology Glossary of environmental science Glossary of genetics Glossary of ichthyology Glossary of ornithology Glossary of scientific naming Glossary of speciation...
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Milt is the seminal fluid of fish, mollusks, and certain other water-dwelling animals. They reproduce by spraying this fluid which contains the sperm,...
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with two new species of tiny central Amazonian gobioid fishes (Teleostei, Eleotridae). aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology, 19 (2): 85-98. Britz...
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oil, although this figure varies both within and between species. Examples of oily fish include small forage fish such as sardines, herring and anchovies...
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Flying fish (category Fish of Oceania)
The Exocoetidae are a family of marine ray-finned fish in the order Beloniformes, known colloquially as flying fish or flying cod. About 64 species are...
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Batoidea is a superorder of cartilaginous fishes, commonly known as rays. They and their close relatives, the sharks, compose the subclass Elasmobranchii...
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shallow waters of the Caspian Sea (less than 10 m depth) using CWT (Coded Wire Tags) and barbel incision. Journal of Applied Ichthyology 22, 160–165. Fox...
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using gills that are protected under gill covers (operculum) on both sides of the pharynx (throat). Gills are tissues that are like short threads, protein...
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conditions; can current knowledge in teleost fish help?". Journal of Applied Ichthyology. 30 (4): 767–776. doi:10.1111/jai.12525. Crampton, William G. R...
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second set of pharyngeal jaws are positioned at the back of the throat. Ichthyology terms Hallucigenia "Suckers Catostomidae", Iowa Department of Natural...
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Wrasse (section Broodcare behavior of the tribe)
1957. List of the fishes of the Family Labridae in the Western Indian Ocean. Ichthyological Bulletin; No. 7. Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University...
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Whitefish or white fish is a fisheries term for several species of demersal fish with fins, particularly Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua), whiting (Merluccius...
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carbonate structure in the saccule or utricle of the inner ear, specifically in the vestibular system of vertebrates. The saccule and utricle, in turn...
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and Feeding of the Okhotsk Snailfish Liparis ochotensis (Liparidae) in the Waters of the Primorye (Sea of Japan)". Journal of Ichthyology. 62 (1): 99–108...
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Lungfish (section Perfusion of water)
including the presence of lobed fins with a well-developed internal skeleton. Lungfish represent the closest living relatives of the tetrapods (which includes...
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Garfish (category Fish of Europe)
is a pelagic, oceanodromous needlefish found in brackish and marine waters of the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean, Caribbean, Black, and Baltic Seas...
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fin located on the back of most marine and freshwater vertebrates within various taxa of the animal kingdom. Many species of animals possessing dorsal...
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Ampullae of Lorenzini (sg.: ampulla) are electroreceptors, sense organs able to detect electric fields. They form a network of mucus-filled pores in the...
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Lophius piscatorius (category Marine fish of North Africa)
coastal waters of the northeast Atlantic, from the Barents Sea to the Strait of Gibraltar, the Mediterranean and the Black Sea. Within some of its range,...
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roe in the form of slightly sour curry or battered and deep fried. In southern Brazil, in particular in the litoral parts of the state of Santa Catarina...
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(September 2008). "Revision of the genus Poromitra (Melamphaidae): Part 2. New species of the group P. crassiceps". Journal of Ichthyology. 48 (8): 553–564. doi:10...
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water has to be monitored to maintain the correct salinity because of the effects of evaporation. Freshwater tropical aquariums can be maintained by simply...
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Merlangius (category Fish of the Black Sea)
has been applied to various other species of fish. Merlangius merlangus has three dorsal fins with a total of 30 to 40 soft rays and two anal fins with...
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The operculum is a series of bones found in bony fish and chimaeras that serves as a facial support structure and a protective covering for the gills;...
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colloquially called a mermaid's purse, is the casing that surrounds the eggs of oviparous chondrichthyans. Living chondricthyans that produce egg cases include...
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Swim bladder (section Risk of injury)
Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Updated 21 September 2007. Moyle, Peter B.; Cech, Joseph J. (2004). Fishes : an introduction to ichthyology (5th ed.). Upper...
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Beluga (sturgeon) (category Fish of Asia)
or great sturgeon (Huso huso), is a species of anadromous fish in the sturgeon family (Acipenseridae) of the order Acipenseriformes. It is found primarily...
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European conger (category Fish of the Black Sea)
The European conger (Conger conger) is a species of conger of the family Congridae. It is the heaviest eel in the world and native to the northeast Atlantic...
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