a

abbreviate-heterocercal fin
abdomen
abdominal
abdominal cavity
aberrant
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
allele
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
androgynous
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
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
Baldwin effect
bank
bar
barbel
barotrauma
basal
base of fin
basipharyngeal joint
Batesian mimicry
Bayesian method
BB
bbs
bedrock

benthic
benthivore
bilateral symmetry
binomen
biocenosis
biocover
biodiversity
biofilm
biogeography
bioindicator
biomass
biome
biota
biotope

biotoxin
biparental
blackwater
bloat
bloodworm
bloom
blue barred
body depth
body width
bog
bogwood
bony fishes
bower
branchial

branchial arch
branchiocranium
branchiostegal membrane
branchiostegal ray
breast
breeding season
breeding tubercles
brine shrimp
bristle
buccal
buccal cavity
bycatch

c

canine
carbonate hardness
carnivore
carotene
carotenoid pigments
carouselling
castnet
catadromous
catfish
caudal
caudal fin
caudal peduncle
cavernicolous
cavernous
cenote

cephalic
ceratohyal
cf
cheek
cheek scale count
cheironym
chironomid larvae
chromatophore
clade
cladistics
cladogram
clearwater
cleithrum
cluster analysis
clutch

cobble
code
collection
colonisation
colony
combination
commensalism
common name
compressed
concave
conductivity
confer
confluence
congeneric
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
dGH
diadromous
diagnosis

diatom filter
diatoms
dichromatism
digestive tract
dimorphic
diploid
dispersal
dither fish

diurnal
divergence
dorsal
dorsal fin
drag seine
drainage basin
draw net

e

eartheater
ecological niche
ecology
Ecophenotypic variation
ecosystem
ecotone
ectoparasites
egg-spot

electrophoresis
elongate
emarginate
endemic
endemic center
endoparasite
endorheic
epigamic traits

eponym
erythrism
esophagus
estuarine
estuary
eurybathic
euryhaline
eurythermal

eutrophication
exorheic
exotic
extant
extinct
extirpated
eyespot

f

F0
F1
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
gastrolith
general hardness
generalist

genetic drift
genital papilla
genitalium
genome
genus
gill
gill arch

gill raker
gill teeth
glancing
glassworms
gonad
gonochorist
gonochoristic

gonopodium
gradient
gravid
guanine
gular
gular plate

h

habit
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
hermaphrodite
hermaphrodite, sequential
hermaphrodite, simultaneous
hermaphrodite, synchronous
heterocercal fin
heterogametic

heterolecithal egg
HITH
HLLE
hole in the head disease
holotype
homeostasis
homocercal fin
homogametic
homolecithal egg
homology
homoplasy
hotspot

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

j

jaw-locking

jolting

jugular

junior synonym

k

karst
karyotype

keel
KH

kleptoparasitism

l

labial
lacrimal
lacustrine
lagoon
lappet
larva
larvophile
lateral band

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
molluscivore
molluscivorous
monogamy

monomorphy
monophyletic
monotypy
morph
morphology
morphometric
mouth brooding
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

OB
obligatory
occiput
ocellus
older synonym
olfaction
oligotrophic
omnivore
ontogenesis

ontogeny
oophagy
open brooder
open substrate spawner
operational sex ratio
opercle
opportunistic feeding
oral brooding
orange blotch

orbit diameter
origin
original description
orogeny
osmoregulation
Ostariophysi
osteology
ostracophilous
otoliths

overcollecting
overfishing
overstock
ovigerous
oviparous
ovipositor
ovophile
ovoviviparous
oxbow lake

p

paedophagous
paedophore
paired fins
palatine teeth
paludarium
papilliform teeth
paralectotype
parapatric
paraphyly
parasitic spawning
parasitism
paratype
parental family
parhypurapophysis
parr marks
parthenogenesis
patchiness
patchy distribution
patriarch family
pectinate
pectoral fin

pedicle
pelagic
pelvic fins
pendle
Perciformes
Percomorpha
periphyton
periproct
peritoneum
pH
pharyngeal bones
pharyngeal plate
pharyngeal teeth
pharynx
pheromones
phylogenetic systematics
phylogenetic tree
phylogeny
phylogeography
phytophil
phytoplankter

phytoplankton
piscivore
planktivore
plankton
plesiomorphy
plica
pluvial
polyandry
polychromatic
polygynandry
polygyny
polymorphism
polyphyletic
pored scale
post-spawning
posterior
postorbital length
preanal length
precocial
precocious breeding
predorsal

predorsal distance
predorsal length
premaxilla
preopercle
preoperculum
prepelvic length
preprint
primitive
principle of priority
process
proctal fin
prognathous
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
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
SL
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
swamp
swim bladder
symbiosis
sympatry
synapomorphy
synopsis
syntype
systematics

t

tail wrist
target fish
tautonymy
taxon
taxonomy
TDS
teleost
terete

terminal
terminal lake
territoriality
tetrapod
TL
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

ventral fins
vernacular name
vestigial

vicariance
villiform
viviparous

vomer
vomerine teeth

w

watershed

Weberian apparatus

wetland

WF

x

xanthism

y

yolk sac

z

zoologist

zooplankter

zooplankton

zygote