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Results for “sympatric”

Ichthyological terms, not general ones.

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  • 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.

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  • allopatric

    Occurring in separate, nonoverlapping geographic areas. Often used to refer to geographically-separated, reproductively-isolated populations of related organisms. Opposite of sympatric.

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  • biotope aquarium

    Arguably misapplied term used fashionably when describing an aquarium set up to resemble the natural habitat of specific fish(es) including replication of water chemistry, vegetation and sympatric fish species.

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  • sibling species

    One of two or more very closely-related species that are reproductively isolated from one another but almost indistinguishable in morphologically and/or behaviourally. May occur sympatrically and even interbreed but are incapable of producing fertile hybrid offspring. Sometimes referred to as cryptic species.

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