This glossary of ichthyology is a list of definitions of terms and concepts used in ichthyology, the study of fishes. Contents:  A B C D E F G H I J K...

Ichthyology is the branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish, including bony fish (Osteichthyes), cartilaginous fish (Chondrichthyes), and jawless...

entomology Glossary of environmental science Glossary of genetics Glossary of ichthyology Glossary of ornithology Glossary of scientific naming Glossary of speciation...

Milt is the seminal fluid of fish, mollusks, and certain other water-dwelling animals. They reproduce by spraying this fluid which contains the sperm,...

The operculum is a series of bones found in bony fish and chimaeras that serves as a facial support structure and a protective covering for the gills;...

Whitefish or white fish is a fisheries term for several species of demersal fish with fins, particularly Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua), whiting (Merluccius...

with two new species of tiny central Amazonian gobioid fishes (Teleostei, Eleotridae). aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology, 19 (2): 85–98. Britz...

a clade of cartilaginous fishes, commonly known as rays, this taxon is also known as the superorder Batoidea, but the 5th edition of Fishes of the World...

The Exocoetidae are a family of marine ray-finned fish in the order Beloniformes, known colloquially as flying fish or flying cod. About 64 species are...

shallow waters of the Caspian Sea (less than 10 m depth) using CWT (Coded Wire Tags) and barbel incision. Journal of Applied Ichthyology 22, 160–165. Fox...

colloquially called a mermaid's purse, is the casing that surrounds the eggs of oviparous chondrichthyans. Living chondricthyans that produce egg cases include...

A dorsal fin is a fin on the back of most marine and freshwater vertebrates. Dorsal fins have evolved independently several times through convergent evolution...

and Feeding of the Okhotsk Snailfish Liparis ochotensis (Liparidae) in the Waters of the Primorye (Sea of Japan)". Journal of Ichthyology. 62 (1): 99–108...

1957. List of the fishes of the Family Labridae in the Western Indian Ocean. Ichthyological Bulletin; No. 7. Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University...

The European conger (Conger conger) is a species of conger of the family Congridae. It is the heaviest eel in the world and native to the northeast Atlantic...

oil, although this figure varies both within and between species. Examples of oily fish include small forage fish such as sardines, herring and anchovies...

including the presence of lobed fins with a well-developed internal skeleton. Lungfish represent the closest living relatives of the tetrapods (which includes...

conditions; can current knowledge in teleost fish help?". Journal of Applied Ichthyology. 30 (4): 767–776. doi:10.1111/jai.12525. Crampton, William G. R...

has been applied to various other species of fish. Merlangius merlangus has three dorsal fins with a total of 30 to 40 soft rays and two anal fins with...

or great sturgeon (Huso huso), is a species of anadromous fish in the sturgeon family (Acipenseridae) of the order Acipenseriformes. It is found primarily...

using gills that are protected under gill covers (operculum) on both sides of the pharynx (throat). Gills are tissues that are like short threads, protein...

that are cultured.[citation needed] The character of photophores is important in the identification of deep sea fishes. Photophores on fish are used for...

coastal waters of the northeast Atlantic, from the Barents Sea to the Strait of Gibraltar, the Mediterranean and the Black Sea. Within some of its range,...

roe in the form of slightly sour curry or battered and deep fried. In southern Brazil, in particular in the litoral parts of the state of Santa Catarina...

eat. They contain toxins which are not destroyed by the digestive systems of animals that eat the fish. Venomous fish also contain toxins, but do not necessarily...

blenniiforms, small percomorph marine fish of the family Tripterygiidae. Found in tropical and temperate waters of the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans...

the Red Sea and the Western Indian Ocean". Ichthyological Bulletin (27). Grahamstown: Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University. hdl:10962/d1019716....

(September 2008). "Revision of the genus Poromitra (Melamphaidae): Part 2. New species of the group P. crassiceps". Journal of Ichthyology. 48 (8): 553–564. Bibcode:2008JIch...

Ampullae of Lorenzini (sg.: ampulla) are electroreceptors, sense organs able to detect electric fields. They form a network of mucus-filled pores in the...

blenniiformids; percomorph marine fish of the family Blenniidae, part of the order Blenniiformes. They are the largest family of blennies with around 401 known...