Combtooth blenny — Combtooth blennies Scartella cristata Scientific classification Kingdom … Wikipedia
mimicry — /mim ik ree/, n., pl. mimicries. 1. the act, practice, or art of mimicking. 2. Biol. the close external resemblance of an organism, the mimic, to some different organism, the model, such that the mimic benefits from the mistaken identity, as… … Universalium
perciform — ▪ fish order Introduction any member of the order Perciformes, a group of bony fishes with more than 6,000 species placed in about 150 families. The order is the largest group of fishes in the world today. Perciform fishes occur in… … Universalium
Cleaner fish — The cleaner wrasses Labroides dimidiatus removing dead skin and external parasites from the grouper Epinephelus tukula. Cleaner fish are fish that provide a service to other fish species by removing dead skin and ectoparasites … Wikipedia
Sabretooth — or sabertooth can refer to:* Saber toothed cat, a variety of species of ancient cats ** Smilodon, an ancient species of cat often called the saber toothed tiger * Sabretooth (comics), a deceased Marvel Comics supervillain * Sabertooth fish, a… … Wikipedia
Parasitoid — SEM image of endoparasitoid ciliates of the genus Collinia, which can cause mass mortality in affected krill populations A parasitoid is an organism that spends a significant portion of its life history attached to or within a single host… … Wikipedia
Mimicry — For other uses, see Mimic (disambiguation). Plate from Henry Walter Bates (1862) illustrating Batesian mimicry between Dismorphia species (top row, third row) and various Ithomiini (Nymphalidae, second row, bottom row) In … Wikipedia
Aggressive mimicry — The Humpback anglerfish uses a modified dorsal spine as a bioluminescent fishing rod to capture prey. Aggressive mimicry is a form of mimicry where predators, parasites or parasitoids share similar signals with a harmless model, allowing them to… … Wikipedia
Blennioidei — Taxobox name = Blennies image width = 240px image caption = Algae blenny, Salarias fasciatus . regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Actinopterygii ordo = Perciformes subordo = Blennioidei subdivision ranks = Families subdivision =… … Wikipedia
List of fishes of India — This is a list of the fish species found in India and is based on FishBase. [Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2006.FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. [http://www.fishbase.org] , version (05/2006)] AlbuliformesAlbulidae… … Wikipedia
