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1. One of a group of nitrogenous
substances secreted by a mucous
gland. Forms mucus when mixed with
water. A glycoprotein.
3. In ichthyology, a mark on a scale
or other hard structure used for
aging, caused by cessation of
growth and absorption of deposited
material due to spawning (hence a
spawning check), injury, disease,
parasites or unseasonal lack of
food.
5. Nostril; nares (plural).
6. Atlantic Krill look like small
shrimp but do not have the
characteristic 'shrimp-bend'. They
have large black eyes and under
the abdomen are rows of light
organs. The name Antarctic Krill
is commonly applied to large
populations of small shrimp-like
crustaceans in Antarctic waters
composed of up to 80 species of
which about 30 are euphausiids
(e.g. Euphausia superba). Various
treatments including freezing in
fresh state or after cooking,
making paste and for soups, etc.
Because of organoleptic and
pigmenting properties also used as
a component of wet feed when
farming salmons.
9. Pertaining to solutions that exert
the same osmotic pressure.
11. In thermally stratified bodies of
water, the top layer or the warm
layer above the thermocline.
12. Male reproductive cell to fuse
with a female egg (ovum) during
fertilization.
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1. Fishes of the Family Chanidae,
Order Gonorynchiformes (milkfish).
See FishBase for more information
on this Family.
2. A type specimen of a species
designated by a manuscript name.
4. Suffix meaning wide or broad.
Opposite of steno-.
5. Fixation of the eye on an object
while the body is rotating and the
return of the eye to its normal
position when the eye has rotated
to its anatomical limit.
7. Finger-like or branching
projections into the ovarian lumen
on which oocytes develop before
being released prior to spawning.
8. According to the Code, an invalid
scientific name of an organism
proposed after the accepted name;
each of two or more scientific
names of the same rank used to
denote the same taxon. one of two
or more different names applied to
one and the same taxon.
10. having the properties of a dog. A
long cone-shaped tooth used to
grasp and pierce. It is also
called a "cuspid" or, in
the upper jaw, an
"eyetooth."
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