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Meristics — is an area of ichthyology which relates to counting quantitative features of fish, such as the number of fins or scales. A meristic (countable trait) can be used to describe a particular species of fish, or used to identify an unknown species.… … Wikipedia
Entomocorus — Taxobox name = Entomocorus image size = 250px image caption = Transformed male Entomocorus radiosus regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Actinopterygii ordo = Siluriformes familia = Auchenipteridae subfamilia = Auchenipterinae tribus =… … Wikipedia
meristic — 1. adjective Of or pertaining to meristics. 2. noun A quantitative property of a fish, as studied in meristics … Wiktionary
Ichthyology — Part of a series on Zoology … Wikipedia
Merism — In rhetoric, a merism is a figure of speech by which a single thing is referred to by a conventional phrase that enumerates several of its parts, or which lists several synonyms for the same thing. Merisms also figure in a number of familiar… … Wikipedia
Blue walleye — Taxobox | name = Blue Walleye (Blue Pike) status = EX status system=iucn3.1 extinct = 1983 regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Actinopterygii ordo = Perciformes familia = Percidae genus = Sander species = S. vitreus subspecies = S. v.… … Wikipedia
Pseudotocinclus — Taxobox name = Pseudotocinclis regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Actinopterygii ordo = Siluriformes familia = Loricariidae subfamilia = Hypoptopomatinae tribus = Otothyrini genus = Pseudotocinclus genus authority = Nichols, 1919 type… … Wikipedia
Encheloclarias velatus — Taxobox name = Encheloclarias velatus regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Actinopterygii ordo = Siluriformes familia = Clariidae genus = Encheloclarias species = E. velatus binomial = Encheloclarias velatus binomial authority = Ng Tan,… … Wikipedia
Fisheries glossary — This is a glossary of terms used in fisheries, fisheries management and fisheries science. A * Abundance is a measure of how many fish are in a population or a fishing ground. See relative abundance and absolute abundance.* Acoustic survey a… … Wikipedia
Outline of sharks — A great white shark at Isla Guadalupe, Mexico Sharks (superorder Selachimorpha) are a type of fish with a full cartilaginous skeleton and a highly streamlined body. The earliest known sharks date from more than 420 million years ago, before the… … Wikipedia
