Glossary
character
In ichthyology, any characteristic or its attributes used for recognising, describing, defining, or differentiating species, genera or higher taxa. Also used in phylogenetic analyses whereby ancestral (primitive) characters are termed plesiomorphic and derived (novel) characters apomorphic.
Used in 842 species profiles
- Acanthocobitis pavonacea
- Acanthodoras cataphractus
- Acanthodoras spinosissimus
- Acanthopsoides molobrion
- Acanthopsoides robertsi
- Acanthopsoides sp. 'A01'
- Acanthopsoides sp. 'A02'
- Acarichthys heckelii
- Acestrorhynchus altus
- Acestrorhynchus falcatus
- Acestrorhynchus falcirostris
- Acestrorhynchus microlepis
- Acheilognathus macropterus
- Acrochordonichthys septentrionalis
- Acrossocheilus beijiangensis
- Acrossocheilus iridescens
- Acrossocheilus monticola
- Acrossocheilus paradoxus
- Acrossocheilus parallens
- Agamyxis pectinifrons
- Ageneiogarra imberba
- Ageneiogarra theunensis
- Ageneiosus marmoratus
- Ageneiosus ucayalensis
- Akysis hendricksoni
- Akysis longifilis
- Akysis maculipinnis
- Akysis portellus
- Akysis prashadi
- Akysis pulvinatus
- Akysis varius
- Akysis vespa
- Akysis vespertinus
- Allenbatrachus grunniens
- Ambastaia nigrolineata
- Ambastaia sidthimunki
- Amblypharyngodon chulabhornae
- Amblyrhynchichthys micracanthus
- Anatolichthys danfordii
- Anatolichthys transgrediens
- Aphaniops dispar
- Aphyosemion striatum
- Apistogramma baenschi
- Apistogramma elizabethae
- Apistogramma norberti
- Apistogramma pantalone
- Apistogramma paulmuelleri
- Apistogramma steindachneri
- Apistogramma trifasciata
- Aspidoras taurus
- Aulonocara ethelwynnae
- Axelrodia riesei
- Axelrodia stigmatias
- Badis juergenschmidti
- Badis tuivaiei
- Bagarius rutilus
- Bagarius suchus
- Bagrichthys obscurus
- Balantiocheilos melanopterus
- Balitoropsis zollingeri
- Balroglanis macracanthus
- Barbodes aurotaeniatus
- Barbodes banksi
- Barbodes binotatus
- Barbodes dunckeri
- Barbodes everetti
- Barbodes kuchingensis
- Barbodes semifasciolatus
- Barbucca diabolica
- Barilius vagra
- Baryancistrus chrysolomus
- Baryancistrus demantoides
- Baryancistrus xanthellus
- Batasio feruminatus
- Batasio fluviatilis
- Batasio tigrinus
- Batasio travancoria
- Beaufortia cyclica
- Beaufortia szechuanensis
- Bedotia madagascariensis
- Belontia hasselti
- Betadevario ramachandrani
- Betta akarensis
- Betta albimarginata
- Betta antoni
- Betta balunga
- Betta bellica
- Betta brownorum
- Betta burdigala
- Betta channoides
- Betta chloropharynx
- Betta coccina
- Betta cracens
- Betta dennisyongi
- Betta dimidiata
- Betta edithae
- Betta enisae
- Betta falx
- Betta foerschi
- Betta gladiator
- Betta hendra
- Betta hipposideros
- Betta ibanorum
- Betta ideii
- Betta imbellis
- Betta krataios
- Betta kuehnei
- Betta lehi
- Betta livida
- Betta macrostoma
- Betta mahachaiensis
- Betta mandor
- Betta midas
- Betta miniopinna
- Betta ocellata
- Betta pallida
- Betta pallifina
- Betta pardalotos
- Betta patoti
- Betta persephone
- Betta pi
- Betta picta
- Betta pinguis
- Betta prima
- Betta pugnax
- Betta pulchra
- Betta raja
- Betta renata
- Betta rubra
- Betta rutilans
- Betta siamorientalis
- Betta simorum
- Betta simplex
- Betta smaragdina
- Betta sp. 'Antuta/Bulungan'
- Betta spilotogena
- Betta splendens
- Betta stigmosa
- Betta taeniata
- Betta tussyae
- Betta uberis
- Betta unimaculata
- Biotoecus opercularis
- Boraras maculatus
- Botia almorhae
- Botia dario
- Botia histrionica
- Botia kubotai
- Botia rostrata
- Botia striata
- Botia udomritthiruji
- Boulengerella cuvieri
- Boulengerella lateristriga
- Boulengerella lucius
- Boulengerella maculata
- Brachygobius aggregatus
- Brachygobius doriae
- Brachygobius kabiliensis
- Brachygobius mekongensis
- Brachygobius nunus
- Brachygobius sabanus
- Brachygobius xanthomelas
- Brachygobius xanthozona
- Brachyplatystoma capapretum
- Brachyplatystoma filamentosum
- Brachyplatystoma juruense
- Brachyplatystoma platynema
- Brachyplatystoma rousseauxii
- Brachyplatystoma tigrinum
- Brachyplatystoma vaillantii
- Brevibora cheeya
- Brevibora dorsiocellata
- Brochis amandajanea
- Brochis condiscipulus
- Brochis delphax
- Brochis ephippifera
- Brochis lamberti
- Brochis virginiae
- Butis amboinensis
- Butis butis
- Carinotetraodon borneensis
- Carinotetraodon irrubesco
- Carinotetraodon lorteti
- Carinotetraodon salivator
- Carnegiella marthae
- Carnegiella myersi
- Carnegiella strigata
- Ceratogarra cambodgiensis
- Ceratogarra fasciacauda
- Chaetostoma formosae
- Chagunius chagunio
- Channa andrao
- Channa argus
- Channa aurantimaculata
- Channa baramensis
- Channa barca
- Channa bleheri
- Channa burmanica
- Channa diplogramma
- Channa gachua