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Results for “meristic character”

Ichthyological terms, not general ones.

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  • meristic character

    A countable trait, e.g., the number of rays in a fin, gill rakers, lateral line scales, etc..

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  • mode

    The value or item occurring most frequently in a series of observations or statistical data. Often quoted in relation to a meristic character or characters.

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  • meristics

    In ichthyology, the counting of quantitative characters, such as the number of fins, fin rays or scales.

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  • meristic

    Having a number of parts, or divided into repeated, countable features; segmented; of or related to such characters.

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