Glossary

a

abbreviate-heterocercal fin
abdomen
abdominal
abdominal cavity
abiotic
acanthopterygii
accidental catch
acclimatization
acclivous
aciculate
acid lake
acid rain
acidophile
acousticolateralis system
actinosts
activated carbon
acuminate
acute
adaptive radiation
adhesive egg
adhesive organ
adipose eyelid
adipose fin
adnate
adpressed
affinis
agamy
aggregate
air bladder
albino
alecithal egg
alevin
alimentary canal
alkalophile
allee effect

allochronic species
allochthonous
allometry
allopatric speciation
allopatry
allostasis
allotopic
allotrophic lake
allotype
alluvium
altricial
alveolus
amensalism
ammocoete
ammonia poisoning
anadromous
anaerobic
anagensis
anal fin
anal fin origin
anal spine
anamniotes
anatomy
anchialine
andropodium
anguilliform
animal pole
anisogamy
ankylosed
annulus
anoxia
anterior
anthropogenic
antibody
antigen

antrorse
anus
apex predator
aphagy
aphytal
apomorphy
appendage
aquaculture
aquamarsh
aquatic
aquatic surface respiration
aquifer
artemia
artesian well
artificial hatching
artificial key
asperity
assemblage
associated species
asteriscus
asymmetrical
atlas
attendant male
attenuate
aufwuchs
autapomorphy
autecology
automimicry
autopotamic
autotrophic lake
available name
axillary
axillary foramen
axillary process

b

balanced diet
baldwin effect
bank
bar
barbel
barotrauma
basal
base of fin
basipharyngeal joint
batesian mimicry
bayesian method
bbs
bedrock
benthic
benthivore
bilateral symmetry
binomen

biocenosis
biocover
biodiversity
biofilm
biogeography
biomass
biome
biota
biotope
biotoxin
biparental
blackwater
bloat
bloodworm
bloom
body depth
bog

bogwood
bony fishes
bower
branchial
branchial arch
branchiocranium
branchiostegal membrane
branchiostegal ray
branchiostegals
breast
breeding season
breeding tubercles
brine shrimp
bristle
buccal
buccal cavity
bycatch

c

canine
carnivore
carotene
carotenoid pigments
carouselling
castnet
catadromous
caudal
caudal fin
caudal peduncle
cavernicolous
cavernous
cenote
cephalic
ceratohyal
cheek
cheek scale count
cheironym
chromatophore

clade
cladistics
cladogram
clearwater
cleithrum
cluster analysis
clutch
cobble
code
collection
colonisation
colony
combination
combination
commensalism
common name
compressed
concave
conductivity

confluence
congeneric
conspecific
conspecific
contacting
convergent evolution
convex
cotype
cove
crèche
crepuscular
cryptodepression
ctenoid scales
cuneiform
cusp
cuspid
cycloid scales

d

daphnia
deciduous scale
decurved
deme
demersal
dentary
depressed
dermal
dermis

designation
detritivore
detritus
dextral
diadromous
diagnosis
diatom filter
diatoms
dichromatism

digestive tract
dimorphic
diploid
dispersal
dither fish
diurnal
divergence
dorsal
dorsal fin

e

ecology
ecosystem
ectoparasites
electrophoresis
elongate
emarginate
endemic

endemic center
endorheic
epigamic traits
estuarine
estuary
euryhaline
eurythermal

eutrophication
exorheic
exotic
extant
extinct
extirpated

f

facultative
falcate
fault
faulting

fish
fluviatile
fontanelle
foramen

frenum
frontal groove
fry

g

gamete
ganoid scale
gape
gastrointestinal tract
genetic drift
genital papilla
genital papilla

genome
gill
gill arch
gill raker
glancing
gonochorist
gonopodium

gradient
gravid
gravid
guanine
gular plate

h

habituation
handicap principle
haploid
harem
herbivore
herbivore
hermaphrodite
hermaphrodite, sequential

hermaphrodite, simultaneous
heterocercal fin
heterogametic
holotype
homocercal fin
homogametic
homology
homoplasy

hue
humeral
hybrid
hyoid teeth
hypothesis
hypural plate

i

iczn
immaculate
incertae sedis
incisors
indicator species
indigenous
inguinal process

insertion
interorbital width
interradial membranes
intersexual
intrasexual
introduced
introgressive hybridization

invalid name
iridophore
isogamous
isolating mechanism
isomorphic
isthmus

j

jolting

jugular

junior synonym

k

karst
karyotype

keel
kleptoparasitism

l

lacrimal
lacustrine
lagoon
lappet
larva
lateral line

lateral series
lectotype
lek
lentic
lepidophagous
limnetic

limnologist
lineage
littoral
lotic
lumen
lunate

m

mandible
mandibular pores
mandibular symphysis
margin
maxilla
mbuna
meander
median fins
melanophore

mental
meristic
micropyle
microsatellite loci
milt
molariform teeth
molecular biology
molecular genetics
monogamy

monomorphy
monophyletic
monotypy
morph
morphology
morphometric
mouth brooding
mouth cavity

n

naked
nape
nasal
native
natural history
natural selection

naturalist
neotype
neurocranium
nomen conservandum
nomen dubium
nomen novum

nomen nudum
nomen oblitum
nomen protectum
nomen vanum
nostril
nuchal hump

o

obligatory
occiput
ocellus
olfaction
omnivore
oophagy
operational sex ratio

opercle
origin
original description
orogeny
ostariophysi
osteology
ostracophilous

otoliths
ovigerous
oviparous
ovoviviparous
oxbow lake

p

paedophagous
paired fins
palatine teeth
papilliform teeth
paralectotype
parapatric
parasitic spawning
paratype
parr marks
pectinate
pedicle
pelagic
pelvic fins
pendle
perciformes
percomorpha
periphyton
periproct
peritoneum
pharyngeal bones

pharyngeal plate
pharyngeal teeth
pharynx
pheromones
phylogenetic systematics
phylogeny
phylogeography
phytoplankter
phytoplankton
piscivore
planktivore
plankton
plica
pluvial
polyandry
polychromatic
polygynandry
polygyny
polymorphism
polyphyletic

pored scale
posterior
precocial
predorsal
predorsal distance
premaxilla
preopercle
preprint
primitive
process
propagule
proposal
protandrous
protocercal fin
protogynous
protractile
pseudobranchiae
pyloric caecum

r

radiation
rank
ray
recurved

relict
reproductive barrier
resource
retrorse

rheophilus
riverine
rostrum

s

saggita
scientific name
scute
secretocytes
senior synonym
sensu lato
sensu stricto
serrate
sexual selection, intersexual
sexual selection, intrasexual
shear zone
sibling species
sigmoid position
sinistral

sinus
sister species
snout
speciation
species
specimen
spermatozeugma
spine
standard lenght
stasis
stenohaline
stenothermal
stream capture
stripe

subopercle
substrate
substrate brooder
subterminal
subtruncate
superfetation
superspecies
swim bladder
symbiosis
sympatry
synapomorphy
syntype
systematics

t

target fish
taxon
taxonomy
teleost
terete
terminal
territoriality

tetrapod
translocation
trinomen
troglobiont
trophic
trophotaenia
truncate

tubercle
type
type genus
type locality
type series
type species

u

utaka

v

vagility
valid name
ventral
ventral fins

vernacular name
vestigial
villiform
viviparous

vomer
vomerine teeth

w

watershed

weberian apparatus

z

zoologist
zooplankter

zooplankton
zygote