Glossary term starting with P

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Pacific Ocean Research Institute for Sea Fisheries and Oceanography
Padda
Paddlefishes
paedomorphic
paedomorphosis
paedophage
paedophagous
pahutoxin
Painted grunt
pair spawning
pair trawling
paired fin
paired fin ray counts
paired fins
Paistinmarinoitu silli
Paksiw
Palaearctic
palaeohistory
palaeoichthyologist
palatal organ
palate
palatine
palatine teeth
palatoquadrate
pale cure
pale smoked red
Palearctic
Palenose moray
Paleocene
palistrophy
palmate
palpebral aperture
paludal
palustrine
pan-
pancreas
papilla
papillate
papillose
paracaudal organ
parahypural
Parakysid catfishes
paralectotype
parallel evolution
parallel swimming
parallelism
parameter
parapatric speciation
paraphyly
parapohyses
parasite
parasitic
parasitic male
Parasitism
parasphenoid
parataxonomists
paratype
Parazen
parental behaviour
parental biomass
parental care
parental family
parietal
parietal fossa
parr
parr mark
Parrotfishes
parsimony
parthenogenesis
partial spawner
particulate feeding
parts per million
parts per thousand
parturition
passage
Passive Integrated Transponder tags
passport data
Pásta anchouia
Pasta d'acciughe
Pasta de anchoa
Pasta fermentada de anchoas
Pastel de pescado
pasteurised
pasteurized fish
patch reefs
Pâté de poisson
pathogen
Patis
patriarch/matriarch family
patriarchal family
patrolling
patronym
patronymic
peak
Pearl essence
pearl organ
Pearl perches
pearl thorn
Pearleyes
Pearlfishes
pectinate
pectoral
pectoral bite
pectoral bud
pectoral fin
pectoral fin undulations
pectoral fins
pectoral girdle
pectoral-pelvic interspace
Pedah
peduncle
pedunculated
pelagic
pelagic egg
pelagic juvenile
pelagic spawner
pelagophil
pellet
pelvic
pelvic bud
pelvic fin
pelvic fins
pelvic girdle
pelvic terminus
pelvic-anal interspace
pen
pen culture
Pencil or parasitic catfishes
pendulum feeder
peninsula coastline
penis
Pennsylvania State University Fish Museum
penultimate
peppered
perched lagoon
Perches
percoid
perennial
perennial astatic
perforate
peri-
perianal
periblast
pericardium
perimeter reef area
perinasal
peripheral
peripheral distribution
peripheral division
periphyton
peritoneal cavity
peritoneal membrane
peritoneum
peritroct
perivitelline
perivitelline space
permian
persistence
personal communication
Personal Computer
Pesce lesso in pallette
Petersen tag
pH
Phaeophyta
pharyngeal
pharyngeal teeth
pharyngeal teeth counts
pharyngeal tooth count
pharynx
Phenology
phenotype
phenotypic plasticity
pheromone
phi'
Philippine Sea
philopatry
photic
photocyte
photogenesis
photogenic
photoperiod
photophore
photosynthesis
phototactic
phreatic
Phycid hakes
phyllosoma
phylogenetic
phylogenetic systematics
phylogeny
phylogeography
phylotypic stage
phylum
physical database
physoclist
physoclistic
physoclistous
physoclistous fishes
physostome
physostomous
phytobenthophagous
phytophagy
phytoplankton
phytoplanktophagy
pickle cured fish
Pickled herring
Pickled salmon
Pickled salmon bellies
Pickling
piebald
pigmentation
pigmented
Pike congers
Pike-characids
Pikeblennies
Pikehead
Pikes
pin bone
pin bones
Pindang
pineal eye
pineal foramen
pineal organ
pineal shield
Pinecone fishes
Pink fish
pinnacle
pinnate
pinnula
Pinwiddie
Pipefishes and seahorses
Pirate perches
piscary
piscator
piscatorial
piscatory
Pisces
pisci-
piscicle
piscicolous
pisciculture
pisciculturist
piscifauna
pisciform
piscine
piscivore
piscivorous
Pissala
pivot and roll
pixel
Pla Thu Nung
Pla-Ra
placental
placental viviparity
placoid
placoid scale
plain
plankter
planktivore
planktivorous
plankton
plankton bloom
planktonivorous
planktophagy
plants
plate
plateau
Platyhelminthes
Pleistocene
plenary power
pleo-
plesiomorphy
plesion
pleurostyle
pleuston
plica
plicate
plication
Pliocene
plotolysin
plotospasmin
plototoxin
Plownose chimaeras
plug
plumbeus
Plunderfishes
pluricuspid
pluriserial
pluvial
pneumatic duct
poach
Poachers
Podpod
poikilosmotic
poikilotherm
poison fishing
poisonous fishes
poke
Polar Research Institute for Sea Fisheries and Oceanography
polarisation
polarity
polder
pole & line
pole-and-line fishing
policy failure
pollution
Polpettone di pesce
poly-
polyandry
Polychaeta
polychaetes
polyclimax
polyculture
polycyclic fishes
polygamy
polygyny
polymorphic
polymorphic loci
polymorphism
Polynesia
polyp
polyphagous
polyphydont
polyphyletic
polyploids
polytypic
polyunsaturated fatty acids
Pomfrets
pond
pond culture
Ponyfishes
pool
Poor John
pop-up tag
popeye
population
population dynamics
population structuring
Population Viability Analysis
Porcupinefishes
pore
pored scale
Porgies
porpoises
port
Port Jackson sharks
position precedence
positioning and alignment
possession limit
post hoc
post-
post-copulation
postanal membrane
postanal myomeres
postcleithrum
postdorsal length
postdorsal ridge
posterior
posterolateral
postflexion
postflexion larva
postflexion stage
postglacial lake
postlarva
postlarvae
postocular
postocular eyelid muscles
postorbital
postovulatory follicles (POF)
posttemporal
pot
potamodromous
potential annual fecundity
potential yield
potting
pound net
pounding
practical salinity unit
Prahoc
pre
pre pelvic-fin length
pre-dorsal fin length
pre-gas bladder length
pre-oral
pre-oral cleft
preanal fin
preanal length
preanal membrane
preanal myomeres
preanal ridge
precaudal pit
precaudal ray
precaudal vertebrae
precautionary principle
precedence
precision
precocial
precocious
precoupling
predator
predatory
prediction
predorsal
Predorsal length
predorsal myomeres
predorsal ridge
predorsal scales
preferred mate polygamy
preflexion
preflexion larva
prehensile
prejuvenile
premaxilla
premaxillary
premaxillary frenum
prenasal
preocular
preopercle
preoperculo-mandibular canal
preoperculum
preorbital
preorbital canals
preorbital processes
Preparatory Office of the National Marine Science Museum
Prepelvic length
preprint
Press cake
preterminal
prevailing usage
priapium
prickle
Pricklebacks
Pricklefishes
priest
primary division
primary female
primary freshwater fishes
primary homonym
primary male
primary phase
primary production
primary productivity
primitive character
primordium
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
priority
pristane
pristine
Pristiophoroid
Private collection of: Maurice Kottelat, Cornol, Switzerland
Probability distribution
proboscis
process
process model
processing
procumbent
procurrent
procurrent rays
produced
production pond
productivity
profile
projecting
projection
prokaryotic
prolarva
promiscuity
promontory
pronephros
property rights
prophylaxis
proposal
propterygium
proscapula
prosencephalon
prospecting
protandrous
protandry
protected area
Proteobacteria
proterocercal
proterogynous hermaphrodite
Protestant
protogynous
protogyny
prototyping
protozoans
protractile
protruberance
protrusible
protrusile
Provenssilainen kalakeitto
province
provisions
prowfish
Prowfishes
proximal
proximate analysis
psammon
psammophile
Psettodids
pseudobranchiae
pseudoceanic
pseudofeces
pseudofin
pseudopera
pseudosiphon
pseudotissue
pseudotympanum
psychrophilic
pterotic horn or process
pterygiophores
pterygoid bone
pterygoids
public domain
publication
published work
Puerto Rico fish
puerulus
puffer poisoning
Puffers
pugheadedness
pull net
pulp cavity
pulse fishing
pump fishing vessel
punchcard
punctate
punctuated equilibrium
punctulate
punctule
pungent
pup
pupa
pupil
pupillary opercula
purl
purse seine
pursuing predator
Pusat Penelitian dan Pengembangan Oseanologi, Jakarta
pustulose
put-and-take fishery
pycnocline
Pygmy sunfishes
pyloric caeca
pyloric caecum
pyloric sphincter
pylorus
pyriform
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