Glossary

171 terms beginning with S · showing 121–160

1. striped

   Possessing one or more stripes.

   Used in 80 profiles

2. stunt

   To impede the growth or development of.

   Used in 1 profile

3. stunted

   Used in reference to an individual that has been subject to stunting.

   Used in 34 profiles

4. stunting

   The process of impeding the growth or development of.

5. subadult

   An individual that has passed through the juvenile stage but not yet developed all adult characteristics, sexual maturity or size.

   Used in 36 profiles

6. subcarinate

   Partially keeled; somewhat resembling a keel.

7. subcutaneous

   Located, used, applied, secreted, or introduced beneath the skin.

   Used in 1 profile

8. subdistal

   Meaning 'below distal'; often used to refer to the position of markings in the fins of fishes.

   Used in 15 profiles

9. subjective synonym

   Any of two or more taxonomic names whose synonymy is a matter of individual opinion, i.e., they are based on multiple name-bearing types.

   Used in 6 profiles

10. sublacrymal groove

    A fold or groove located between the lacrymal bone and rostral cap in certain fish genera.

    Used in 13 profiles

11. submarginal

    Situated close to the margin of something.

    Used in 64 profiles

12. subocular

    Under the eye.

    Used in 16 profiles

13. subopercle

    One of the bones comprising the operculum, situated below the opercle.

    Used in 2 profiles

14. subopercular

    Of, relating to, located on, or being the subopercle.

    Used in 15 profiles

15. suborbital

    Located below or behind the orbit of the eye.

    Used in 69 profiles

16. suborbital flap

    Bony, movable, lateral process of the lateral ethmoid located beneath the eye in males of certain nemacheilid loaches.

    Used in 32 profiles

17. subspecies

    Taxonomic rank below species, written in the form of a trinomen. Often applied to a geographically-separated population within a species that retains the capability to produce fertile offspring with other populations but may exhibit phenotypic differences.

    Used in 78 profiles

18. substrate

    A surface on which an organism lives, moves or is attached to; the base material of a water body; a benthic habitat. Also used in reference to base material when added to an aquarium.

    Used in 1,478 profiles

19. subterminal

    Situated close to the end of something.

    Used in 27 profiles

20. subterminal mouth

    Mouth oriented and opening primarily forward but also somewhat ventrally, i.e., the upper jaw and snout clearly extend beyond the lower jaw

    Used in 8 profiles

21. subtropical

    Of, relating to, characteristic of, or located in the subtropics.

    Used in 25 profiles

22. subtropics

    Regions of the Earth directly adjacent to the tropics. The warmest portions of the temperate zones.

23. sulcate

    Marked with parallel grooves or furrows.

24. sump

    An additional tank connected to the display aquarium normally used to house filter media and other equipment.

    Used in 99 profiles

25. superciliary

    Of or relating to the area above the eye.

26. superior

    In biology, located above or higher than.

    Used in 2 profiles

27. superior mouth

    Mouth opening upwards due to the lower jaw projecting anteriorly further than the upper.

28. superolateral

    Between the side and upper surface. Same meaning as dorsolateral.

    Used in 3 profiles

29. suprabranchial

    Above the gills.

    Used in 100 profiles

30. supraoccipital

    Of, relating to, or being the supraoccipital bone, a median bone in the upper rear part of the skull.

    Used in 34 profiles

31. supraocular

    Above the eye.

32. supraorbital

    Located above the eye.

    Used in 6 profiles

33. supraorbital canal

    Part of the lateral line system extending up and over the eye.

34. surface film

    Thin film forming at the water surface due to surface tension.

35. surface tension

    Property of liquids caused by intermolecular forces with the result that the surface acts as a thin, flexible film able to withstand a degree of force thus allowing certain objects to float on it, for example.

36. suspensorium

    Any structure suspending or holding up another, especially the series of cartilage and bone suspending the lower jaw from the skull.

    Used in 12 profiles

37. swamp

    Low-lying, uncultivated wetland dominated by woody vegetation.

    Used in 283 profiles

38. swim bladder

    See gas bladder.

39. symbiosis

    Close, long-term association between two different biological species. Often obligatory and often, though not always, with a mutual benefit for both organisms.

    Used in 2 profiles

40. sympatric

    Occurring within the same, specified geographical area, but without interbreeding and not necessarily competing for the same resources or dwelling in the same habitat. Opposite of allopatric.

    Used in 195 profiles