Glossary
base
The bottom or lowest part of something.
Biology. The point of attachment of a part or organ, e.g., a fin.
Chemistry. A substance that can accept protons or donate pairs of electrons. The chemical opposite of an acid. Bases have a pH greater than 7.0 and a solution containing one or more bases is often referred to as an alkali.
Used in 1,192 species profiles
- Puntigrus pulcher
- Puntigrus tetrazona
- Puntius bimaculatus
- Puntius chola
- Puntius kamalika
- Puntius mahecola
- Puntius sahyadriensis
- 'Puntius' snyderi
- Puntius terio
- Puntius titteya
- Puntius vittatus
- Rasbora argyrotaenia
- Rasbora borapetensis
- Rasbora caudimaculata
- Rasbora cephalotaenia
- Rasbora cf. dandia
- Rasbora dorsinotata
- Rasbora dusonensis
- Rasbora einthovenii
- Rasbora elegans
- Rasbora kalochroma
- Rasbora kottelati
- Rasbora lacrimula
- Rasbora paucisqualis
- Rasbora paviana
- Rasbora rasbora
- Rasbora rubrodorsalis
- Rasbora sarawakensis
- Rasbora tornieri
- Rasbora trilineata
- Rasbora vulcanus
- Rasboroides vaterifloris
- Rasbosoma spilocerca
- Retroculus acherontos
- Retroculus lapidifer
- Retroculus xinguensis
- Rhinogobius candidianus
- Rhinogobius chiengmaiensis
- Rhinogobius duospilus
- Rhinogobius filamentosus
- Rhinogobius flumineus
- Rhinogobius formosanus
- Rhinogobius gigas
- Rhinogobius lanyuensis
- Rhinogobius leavelli
- Rhinogobius lentiginis
- Rhinogobius maculafasciatus
- Rhinogobius mekongianus
- Rhinogobius nantaiensis
- Rhinogobius rubromaculatus
- Rhinogobius similis
- Rhinogobius yaoshanensis
- Rhinogobius zhoui
- Rocio octofasciata
- Satanoperca acuticeps
- Satanoperca daemon
- Satanoperca jurupari
- Satanoperca leucosticta
- Satanoperca lilith
- Satanoperca mapiritensis
- Satanoperca pappaterra
- Satanoperca rhynchitis
- Sawbwa resplendens
- Schistura aizawlensis
- Schistura alticrista
- Schistura aurantiaca
- Schistura balteata
- Schistura callichroma
- Schistura caudofurca
- Schistura cf. balteata
- Schistura deansmarti
- Schistura denisoni
- Schistura devdevi
- Schistura disparizona
- Schistura geisleri
- Schistura hypsiura
- Schistura jarutanini
- Schistura kengtungensis
- Schistura kloetzliae
- Schistura kodaguensis
- Schistura maepaiensis
- Schistura nicholsi
- Schistura oedipus
- Schistura polytaenia
- Schistura pridii
- Schistura robertsi
- Schistura schultzi
- Schistura sp. 1
- Schistura sp. 2
- Schistura sp. 3
- Schistura sp. 4
- Schistura sp. 6
- Schistura sp. 7
- Schistura spilota
- Schistura vinciguerrae
- Schistura yingjiangensis
- Sciaenochromis fryeri
- Scleromystax barbatus
- Scleromystax macropterus
- Scleromystax prionotos
- Scleromystax salmacis
- Scleromystax sp. C113
- Scleropages jardinii
- Scleropages leichardti
- Serpenticobitis octozona
- Serpenticobitis zonata
- Serrasalmus brandtii
- Serrasalmus geryi
- Serrasalmus maculatus
- Sewellia albisuera
- Sewellia elongata
- Sewellia lineolata
- Sewellia sp. 'SEW01'
- Sewellia sp. 'SEW02'
- Sewellia sp. 'SEW03'
- Sewellia sp. 'SEW04'
- Sewellia speciosa
- Sicyopus cebuensis
- Sicyopus discordipinnis
- Sicyopus exallisquamulus
- Sicyopus zosterophorus
- Simpsonichthys myersi
- Sinibotia pulchra
- Sinibotia reevesae
- Sinibotia robusta
- Sinibotia superciliaris
- Sinogastromyzon puliensis
- Sinogastromyzon tonkinensis
- Sinogastromyzon wui
- Sorubim lima
- Sphaerichthys acrostoma
- Sphaerichthys osphromenoides
- Sphaerichthys selatanensis
- Sphaerichthys vaillanti
- Steatocranus casuarius
- Steatocranus tinanti
- Stiphodon alcedo
- Stiphodon atratus
- Stiphodon atropurpureus
- Stiphodon birdsong
- Stiphodon maculidorsalis
- Stiphodon ornatus
- Stiphodon pelewensis
- Stiphodon percnopterygionus
- Stiphodon rutilaureus
- Stiphodon semoni
- Stiphodon surrufus
- Striuntius lateristriga
- Striuntius lineatus
- Sundasalanx microps
- Synaptolaemus latofasciatus
- Syncrossus beauforti
- Syncrossus berdmorei
- Syncrossus helodes
- Syncrossus hymenophysa
- Synodontis angelicus
- Synodontis nigrita
- Synodontis ocellifer
- Synodontis robbianus
- Synodontis schall
- Systomus orphoides
- Tanichthys albonubes
- Tanichthys micagemmae
- Tanichthys sp. 'Vietnam'
- Tellia apoda
- Tetraodon pustulatus
- Thalassophryne amazonica
- Thayeria boehlkei
- Thoracocharax stellatus
- Thorichthys meeki
- Trichogaster chuna
- Trichopsis pumila
- Trichopsis schalleri
- Trichopsis vittata
- Trigonopoma gracile
- Trigonopoma pauciperforatum
- Trigonostigma espei
- Trigonostigma hengeli
- Trigonostigma heteromorpha
- Trigonostigma somphongsi
- Trochilocharax ornatus
- Tucanoichthys tucano
- Vaillantella maassi
- Vieja bifasciata
- Yaoshania pachychilus
- Yasuhikotakia caudipunctata
- Yasuhikotakia eos
- Yasuhikotakia lecontei
- Yasuhikotakia modesta
- Yasuhikotakia morleti
- Yasuhikotakia splendida
- Zoogoneticus tequila