hydrophilic
Having an affinity for water.
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Ichthyological terms, not general ones.
hydrophobic
Lacking an affinity for water.
hypurapophysis
Paired, bony lateral extensions off the parhypural. Also known as 'parhypurapophysis'.
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ichthyophagous
Eating or otherwise subsisting on fishes.
iridophore
An iridescent chromatophore.
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larvophile
A fish species exhibiting larvophily.
larvophilous
Of or relating to larvophily.
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larvophily
Reproductive strategy whereby the eggs are laid on a solid surface where they hatch before being brooded for a further period in the mouth of one or both parents. Seen in some Geophagus spp., for example.
lecithotrophy
Literally, 'feeding on yolk'. A form of development in which an embryo receives no nutrition other than the yolk contained within its egg.
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lepidophage
A species practicing lepidophagy.
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lepidophagous
Of or relating to lepidophagy.
lepidophagy
Feeding on the scales of other fishes.
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macrophyte
An aquatic plant large enough to be seen with the naked eye.
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matrotrophy
Reproductive strategy in which the embryo is supplied with additional nutrition from the mother, applied to some viviparous fishes.
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melanophore
Pigment cell containing melanin.
monophyletic
Used in reference to a taxonomic group containing all descendants of a single, often hypothetical, common ancestor, often characterised by one or more synapomorphies. A clade is a monophyletic group.
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morphology
Branch of biology concerned with the form and structure of organisms; the form and structure of an organism.
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morphometrics
Form of taxonomical analysis utilising the morphometry of organisms.
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morphometry
Measurement of the structure, form, and parts of organisms.
necrophagy
Feeding on carrion.