Glossary term starting with P

n = 560

Pacific Ocean Research Institute for Sea Fisheries and Oceanography

paired fin ray counts

Paistinmarinoitu silli

palaeoichthyologist

pale or white patches on the skin

pale smoked red

palpebral aperture

paracaudal organ

Parakysid catfishes

parallel evolution

parallel swimming

parapatric speciation

parataxonomists

parental behaviour

parental biomass

parental family

parthenogenesis

partial spawner

particulate feeding

parts per million

parts per thousand

Passive Integrated Transponder tags

Pásta anchouia

Pasta d'acciughe

Pasta de anchoa

Pasta fermentada de anchoas

Pastel de pescado

pasteurized fish

Pâté de poisson

patriarch/matriarch family

patriarchal family

pectoral fin undulations

pectoral girdle

pectoral-pelvic interspace

pelagic juvenile

pelagic spawner

pelvic terminus

pelvic-anal interspace

Pencil or parasitic catfishes

pendulum feeder

peninsula coastline

Pennsylvania State University Fish Museum

perennial astatic

performance indicators

perimeter reef area

peripheral distribution

peripheral division

peritoneal cavity

peritoneal membrane

perivitelline space

personal communication

Personal Computer

Pesce lesso in pallette

pharyngeal teeth

pharyngeal teeth counts

pharyngeal tooth count

phenotypic plasticity

phylogenetic systematics

phylotypic stage

physical database

physoclistous fishes

phytobenthophagous

phytoplanktophagy

pickle cured fish

Pickled herring

Pickled salmon bellies

Pinecone fishes

Pipefishes and seahorses

placental viviparity

planktonivorous

Platyhelminthes

Plownose chimaeras

poisonous fishes

Polar Research Institute for Sea Fisheries and Oceanography

pole-and-line fishing

Polpettone di pesce

polycyclic fishes

polymorphic loci

polyunsaturated fatty acids

population dynamics

population structuring

Population Viability Analysis

Porcupinefishes

Port Jackson sharks

position precedence

positioning and alignment

possession limit

post-copulation

postanal membrane

postanal myomeres

postdorsal length

postdorsal ridge

postflexion larva

postflexion stage

postglacial lake

postocular eyelid muscles

postovulatory follicles (POF)

potential annual fecundity

potential yield

practical salinity unit

pre pelvic-fin length

pre-dorsal fin length

pre-gas bladder length

preanal membrane

preanal myomeres

precaudal vertebrae

precautionary principle

Predorsal length

predorsal myomeres

predorsal ridge

predorsal scales

preferred mate polygamy

preflexion larva

premaxillary frenum

preoperculo-mandibular canal

preorbital canals

preorbital processes

Preparatory Office of the National Marine Science Museum

Prepelvic length

prevailing usage

primary division

primary freshwater fishes

primary homonym

primary production

primary productivity

primitive character

principal caudal rays

principal caudal-fin rays

principle of binominal nomenclature

principle of coordination

principle of homonymy

principle of name-bearing types

principle of priority

principle of the first reviser

printer's error

Private collection of: Maurice Kottelat, Cornol, Switzerland

Probability distribution

procurrent rays

production pond

property rights

proterogynous hermaphrodite

protrusion of the eye

Provenssilainen kalakeitto

proximate analysis

pseudobranchiae

pterotic horn or process

Puerto Rico fish

puffer poisoning

pump fishing vessel

punctuated equilibrium

pupillary opercula

pursuing predator

Pusat Penelitian dan Pengembangan Oseanologi, Jakarta

put-and-take fishery

Pygmy sunfishes

pyloric sphincter

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