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• young — a term loosely applied, because any precise distinction involves age determination, to immature fishes …   Dictionary of ichthyology

• live fast die young — an r selection (q.v.) lifestyle found in some fishes, e.g. in the pygmy goby, Eviota sigillata, on the Great Barrier Reef which lives for only 59 days, the shortest lifespan of any vertebrate. Probably a response to intense predation …   Dictionary of ichthyology

• migration — migrational, adj. /muy gray sheuhn/, n. 1. the process or act of migrating. 2. a migratory movement: preparations for the migration. 3. a number or body of persons or animals migrating together. 4. Chem. a movement or change of position of atoms… …   Universalium

• paracanthopterygian — ▪ fish Introduction       any member of the superorder Paracanthopterygii, a predatory, primarily marine group that forms one of about six major branches of the Teleostei (teleost), or bony fishes, the dominant modern aquatic vertebrates.… …   Universalium

• skeleton — skeletonless, adj. skeletonlike, adj. /skel i tn/, n. 1. Anat., Zool. the bones of a human or an animal considered as a whole, together forming the framework of the body. 2. any of various structures forming a rigid framework in an invertebrate.… …   Universalium

• Shrimp scad — Taxobox name = Shrimp scad image width = 240px regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Actinopterygii ordo = Perciformes subordo = Percoidei superfamilia = Percoidea familia = Carangidae genus = Alepes species = A. djedaba binomial = Alepes …   Wikipedia

• herring — herringlike, adj. /her ing/, n., pl. (esp. collectively) herring, (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) herrings. 1. an important food fish, Clupea harengus harengus, found in enormous shoals in the North Atlantic. 2. a similar fish,… …   Universalium

• Daphnia magna — female adult Scientific classification Kingdom: Animal …   Wikipedia

• giant water bug — noun large water bug with piercing and sucking mouthparts; feeds on young fishes • Hypernyms: ↑water bug • Member Holonyms: ↑Belostomatidae, ↑family Belostomatidae * * * noun : any of several very large aquatic bugs (family Belostomatidae) having …   Useful english dictionary

• off-channel habitat — fish habitat not in the main stream channel with water for only part of the year but a refuge for young fishes, e.g. Pacific salmon …   Dictionary of ichthyology

• Belostomatidae — noun water bugs • Syn: ↑family Belostomatidae • Hypernyms: ↑arthropod family • Member Holonyms: ↑Heteroptera, ↑suborder Heteroptera • Member Meronyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary