Ichthyology Dictionary

Introduction to Dictionary

by Brian W Coad 

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azygost

the dermal bone in flatfishes of the family Psettodidae between the prefrontal and the frontal of the lower side.

1227

axonost

pterygiophore (the cartilage or bone on the outer end of which sit the median fin rays or spines), sometimes the proximal …

1226

axle

dan leno spindle (a steel spindle through a dan leno bobbin, q.v. Also called spindle).

1225

axis

2) the anterior-posterior axis of the embryo.

1224

axis

1) a line.

1223

axillary scale

2) axillary process.

1222

axillary scale

1) a small scale superimposed or interspersed with large ones.

1221

axillary process

a small triangular appendage or a modified scale at the upper or anterior base of a paired fin. Also called accessory scale, …

1220

axillary gland

a multicellular structure below the skin dorsal to the pectoral fin, e.g. in Ictalurus punctatus, suggested to produce toxin. …

1219

axillary foramen

a hole through the cleithrum bone of the pectoral fin.

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