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b

BB

f

F0
F1

h

HITH
HLLE

k

KH

o

OB

s

SL
Syntopy

t

TDS
TL

w

WF

a

abbreviate-heterocercal fin
abdomen
abdominal
abdominal cavity
abiotic
acanthopterygii
accidental catch
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
aletas pélvicas
aletas ventrales
alevin
alimentary canal
alkalophile
allee effect
allochronic species
allochthonous
allometry
allostasis
allotopic
allotrophic lake
allotype
alluvium
alopatría
altricial
alveolus
amensalism
ammocoete
ammonia poisoning
anadromous
anaerobic
anagensis
anal fin
anal fin origin
anal spine
anamniotes
anatomy
anchialine
androgynous
andropodium
anguilliform
animal pole
anisogamia
ankylosed
annulus
anoxia
anterior
anterodorsal
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
artificial key
artificial selection
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
bank
barbel
barotrauma
barra
basal
base of fin
basipharyngeal joint
batesian mimicry
bayesian method
bbs
bbs
bedrock
benthivore
bilateral symmetry
binómio
biocenosis
biocover
biocover
biodiversity
biofilm
biogeography
bioindicator
biomass
biome
biota
biotope
biotoxin
biparental
blackwater
bloat
bloodworm
bloom
body depth
body width
bog
bogwood
bony fishes
bower
branchial
branchial arch
branchial arch
branchiocranium
branchiostegal membrane
branchiostegal ray
branchiostegals
breast
breeding season
breeding tubercles
brine shrimp
brine shrimp
bristle
bucal
buccal cavity
bycatch
béntico

c

canine
carbonate hardness
carnivore
caroteno
carotenoid pigments
carouselling
castnet
catadromous
caudal
caudal fin
caudoventral
cavernicolous
cavernous
cenote
cephalic
ceratohyal
cf
cheek
cheek scale count
cheironym
chironomid larvae
chromatophore
clade
cladistics
cladogram
clearwater
cleithrum
cluster analysis
clutch
cobble
code
coespecífico
collection
colonisation
colony
combination
combination
commensalism
common name
compressed
concave
conductivity
confer
confluence
congeneric
conspecific
contacting
convex
cotype
cove
crepuscular
cryptodepression
crèche
ctenoid scales
cuneiform
cusp
cuspid
cycloid scales

d

dGH
daphnia
deciduous scale
decurved
deme
demersal
dentary
depressed
dermal
dermis
designation
detritivore
detritus
dextral
diadromous
diagnosis
diatom filter
diatoms
dichromatism
digestive tract
digestive tract
dimorphic
diploid
dispersal
dither fish
diurnal
divergence
dorsal
dorsal fin
drag seine
draw net

e

ecological niche
ecology
ecosystem
ecotone
ectoparasites
efecto baldwin
egg-spot
electrophoresis
elongate
emarginate
endemic
endemic center
endoparasite
endorheic
epigamic traits
erythrism
esophagus
especiación alopátrica
estuarine
estuary
eurybathic
euryhaline
eurythermal
eutrophication
evolución convergente
exorheic
exotic
extant
extinct
extirpated
eyespot

f

facultative
falcate
false egg
fanning
fault
faulting
feral
fin formula
fish
flaring
float
floodplain
flower horn cichlid
fluvial
fluviatile
fontanelle
foramen
forficate
formalin
frenum
frontal gibbosity
frontal groove
fry
fusiform

g

gamete
ganoid scale
gape
gastrointestinal tract
gastrointestinal tract
gastrolith
general hardness
generalist
genetic drift
genital papilla
genital papilla
genitalium
genome
genus
gill
gill arch
gill raker
gill teeth
glancing
glassworms
gonad
gonochorist
gonochoristic
gonopodium
gradient
gravid
grávido
guanine
gular
gular plate

h

habitat
habituation
handicap principle
haploid
hard water
harem
hatchery
hatching
haul seine
head and lateral line erosion
head depth
head gland
head length
head width
headwater
hemicercal fin
herbivore
herbivore
hermaphrodite
hermaphrodite, sequential
hermaphrodite, simultaneous
hermaphrodite, synchronous
heterocercal fin
heterogametic
heterolecithal egg
holotype
homeostasis
homocercal fin
homogametic
homolecithal egg
homology
homoplasy
homoplasy
hue
humeral
hybrid
hyoid teeth
hypertrophy
hypognathous
hypothesis
hypothetical ancestor
hypoxic
hypural plate

i

ichthyofauna
ichthyology
iconotype
iczn
identification key
immaculate
incertae sedis
incidental catch
incisors
incubator
indicator species
indigenous
infraorbital bones
infusoria
inguinal process
insertion
insular
interglacial
intermaxillary
interorbital space
interorbital width
interradial membranes
intersexual
intertaxon
intrasexual
introduced
introgressive hybridization
invalid name
iridophore
irrigation
isogamous
isolating mechanism
isomorphic
isthmus
iterocavus
iteroparous

j

jaw-locking
jolting
jugular
junior synonym

k

karst
karyotype
keel
kleptoparasitism

l

labial
lacrimal
lacustrine
lagoon
lappet
lappet
larva
larvophile
lateral display
lateral line
lateral series
lectotype
lek
length of caudal peduncle
lentic
lepidophagous
lepidophore
leucistic
life assemblage
limicolous
limnetic
limnologist
lineage
lithophile
littoral
lotic
lumen
lumping
lunate

m

mandible
mandibular pores
mandibular symphysis
margin
marsh
maw bladder
maxilla
mbipi
mbuna
meander
median fins
melanistic
melanophore
mental
meristic
micropyle
microsatellite loci
microworm
milt
mimetic
mimicry
molariform teeth
molecular biology
molecular genetics
molluscivorous
monogamy
monomorphy
monophyletic
monotypy
morph
morphology
morphometric
mouth brooding
mouth cavity
mouth cavity
mucus

n

n. sp
naked
nape
naris
nasal
native
natural history
natural selection
naturalist
neotype
neurocranium
nocturnal
nomen alternativum
nomen conservandum
nomen correctum
nomen dubium
nomen novum
nomen nudum
nomen oblitum
nomen protectum
nomen vanum
nominal taxon
nostril
notopterygium
nova species
nuchal hump

o

obligatory
occiput
ocellus
older synonym
olfaction
oligotrophic
omnivore
ontogenesis
oophagy
open brooder
open substrate spawner
operational sex ratio
opercle
opportunistic feeding
oral brooding
orbit diameter
origin
original description
orogeny
osmoregulation
ostariophysi
osteology
ostracophilous
otoliths
overcollecting
overfishing
overstock
ovigerous
oviparous
ovipositor
ovophile
ovoviviparous
oxbow lake

p

pH
paedophagous
paedophore
paired fins
palatine teeth
paludarium
papilliform teeth
paralectotype
parapatric
parasitic spawning
parasitism
paratype
parental family
parhypurapophysis
parr marks
parthenogenesis
patchiness
patchy distribution
patriarch family
pectinate
pectoral fin
pedicle
pedunculo caudal
pelagic
pendle
perciformes
percomorpha
periphyton
periproct
peritoneum
pharyngeal bones
pharyngeal plate
pharyngeal teeth
pharynx
pheromones
phylogenetic systematics
phylogenetic tree
phylogeny
phylogeography
phytophil
phytoplankter
phytoplankton
piscivore
planktivore
plankton
plica
pluvial
polyandry
polychromatic
polygynandry
polygyny
polymorphism
polyphyletic
pored scale
post-spawning
posterior
postorbital length
postponocavous
preanal length
precocial
precocious breeding
predorsal
predorsal distance
predorsal length
premaxilla
preopercle
preoperculum
prepelvic length
preprint
primitive
principle of priority
process
proctal fin
prognathous
promptocavus
propagule
proposal
protandrous
protocercal fin
protogynous
protractile
psammophil
pseudobranchiae
pyloric caecum

r

race
radiation
rank
ray
recurved
reintroduced
relict
reproductive barrier
reproductive isolation
resource
retrorse
rheophilus
rhinal
riverine
rostral
rostrum
rudimentary

s

saggita
scale
scale eater
school
scientific name
scute
sea monkeys
secretocytes
seine net
semelcavus
semelparous
senior synonym
sensu lato
sensu stricto
serrate
seston
sexual selection, intersexual
sexual selection, intrasexual
shadow stalking
shear zone
shoal
shore seine
sibling species
sigmoid position
silt
sinistral
sinus
sister species
slime
sneaker male
snout
snout length
sound
sp
spatulate
spawn
speciation
species
species tank
specimen
speciose
spermatophore
spermatozeugma
spine
splitting
standard lenght
stasis
stenohaline
stenothermal
streaker
stream capture
strip
stripe
subadult
subopercle
substrate
substrate brooder
subterminal
subtruncate
superciliary
superfetation
superspecies
supracleithrum
swamp
swim bladder
symbiosis
sympatry
synapomorphy
synopsis
syntype
systematics

t

tail wrist
target fish
tautonymy
taxon
taxonomy
teleost
terete
terminal
terminal lake
territoriality
tetrapod
topotype
total dissolved solids
total length
translocation
tribe
trinomen
troglobiont
trophic
trophotaenia
truncate
tubercle
type
type genus
type locality
type series
type species

u

uropterygium
utaka

v

vagility
valid name
ventral
vernacular name
vestigial
vicariance
villiform
viviparous
vomer
vomerine teeth

w

watershed
weberian apparatus
wetland

x

xanthism

y

yolk sac

z

zoologist
zooplankter
zooplankton
zygote