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60 relations: Adaptation, Adelaide River, Alligator Rivers, Ampullae of Lorenzini, Australia, Bay, Brackish water, Commercial fishing, Critically endangered, CSIRO, Daru, Derby, Western Australia, Dorsal fin, Embryo, Estuary, Family (biology), Fetus, Fish, Fish fin, Fish scale, Fly River, Fresh water, Gillnetting, Habitat destruction, Ichthyology, International Union for Conservation of Nature, IUCN Red List, Jack Garrick, Kakadu National Park, King Sound, Leonard Compagno, Longline fishing, Meristics, Morphology (biology), New Zealand, Nictitating membrane, Northern Territory, Nostril, Ord River, Papua New Guinea, Pelvic fin, Peter R. Last, Piscivore, Placenta, Recreational fishing, Requiem shark, River, Salinity, Sexual maturity, Speartooth shark, ..., Species, Tidal river, Tide, Turbidity, Type (biology), Vertebra, Viviparity, Wet season, William Toby White, Yolk. Expand index (10 more) »
Adaptation
In biology, adaptation has three related meanings.
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Adelaide River
The Adelaide River is a river in the Northern Territory of Australia.
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Alligator Rivers
Alligator Rivers is the name of an area in the Arnhem Land region of the Northern Territory of Australia, containing three rivers, the East, West, and South Alligator Rivers.
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Ampullae of Lorenzini
The ampullae of Lorenzini are special sensing organs called electroreceptors, forming a network of jelly-filled pores.
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Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands.
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Bay
A bay is a recessed, coastal body of water that directly connects to a larger main body of water, such as an ocean, a lake, or another bay.
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Brackish water
Brackish water is water that has more salinity than fresh water, but not as much as seawater.
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Commercial fishing
Commercial fishing is the activity of catching fish and other seafood for commercial profit, mostly from wild fisheries.
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Critically endangered
A critically endangered (CR) species is one which has been categorized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild.
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CSIRO
The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) is an independent Australian federal government agency responsible for scientific research.
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Daru
Daru is the capital of the Western Province of Papua New Guinea and a former Catholic bishopric.
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Derby, Western Australia
Derby is a town in the Kimberley region of Western Australia.
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Dorsal fin
A dorsal fin is a fin located on the back of most marine and freshwater vertebrates such as fishes, cetaceans (whales, dolphins, and porpoises), and the (extinct) ichthyosaur.
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Embryo
An embryo is an early stage of development of a multicellular diploid eukaryotic organism.
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Estuary
An estuary is a partially enclosed coastal body of brackish water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it, and with a free connection to the open sea.
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Family (biology)
In biological classification, family (familia, plural familiae) is one of the eight major taxonomic ranks; it is classified between order and genus.
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Fetus
A fetus is a stage in the prenatal development of viviparous organisms.
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Fish
Fish are gill-bearing aquatic craniate animals that lack limbs with digits.
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Fish fin
Fins are usually the most distinctive anatomical features of a fish.
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Fish scale
The skin of most fishes is covered with scales, which, in many cases, are animal reflectors or produce animal coloration.
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Fly River
The Fly, at, is the second longest river in Papua New Guinea, after the Sepik.
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Fresh water
Fresh water (or freshwater) is any naturally occurring water except seawater and brackish water.
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Gillnetting
Gillnetting is a common fishing method used by commercial and artisanal fishermen of all the oceans and in some freshwater and estuary areas.
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Habitat destruction
Habitat destruction is the process in which natural habitat is rendered unable to support the species present.
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Ichthyology
Ichthyology (from Greek: ἰχθύς, ikhthys, "fish"; and λόγος, logos, "study"), also known as fish science, is the branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish.
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International Union for Conservation of Nature
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN; officially International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources) is an international organization working in the field of nature conservation and sustainable use of natural resources.
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IUCN Red List
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (also known as the IUCN Red List or Red Data List), founded in 1964, has evolved to become the world's most comprehensive inventory of the global conservation status of biological species.
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Jack Garrick
Dr John Andrew Frank "Jack" Garrick (1928–) is a prominent ichthyologist from New Zealand.
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Kakadu National Park
Kakadu National Park is a protected area in the Northern Territory of Australia, 171 km southeast of Darwin.
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King Sound
King Sound is a large gulf in northern Western Australia.
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Leonard Compagno
Leonard Joseph Victor Compagno is an international authority on shark taxonomy and the author of many scientific papers and books on the subject, best known of which is his 1984 catalogue of shark species produced for the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations.
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Longline fishing
Longline fishing is a commercial fishing technique.
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Meristics
Meristics is an area of ichthyology which relates to counting quantitative features of fish, such as the number of fins or scales.
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Morphology (biology)
Morphology is a branch of biology dealing with the study of the form and structure of organisms and their specific structural features.
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New Zealand
New Zealand (Aotearoa) is a sovereign island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.
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Nictitating membrane
The nictitating membrane (from Latin nictare, to blink) is a transparent or translucent third eyelid present in some animals that can be drawn across the eye from the medial canthus for protection and to moisten it while maintaining vision.
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Northern Territory
The Northern Territory (abbreviated as NT) is a federal Australian territory in the central and central northern regions of Australia.
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Nostril
A nostril (or naris, plural nares) is one of the two channels of the nose, from the point where they bifurcate to the external opening.
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Ord River
The Ord River is a long river in the Kimberley region of Western Australia.
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Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea (PNG;,; Papua Niugini; Hiri Motu: Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is an Oceanian country that occupies the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and its offshore islands in Melanesia, a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean north of Australia.
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Pelvic fin
Pelvic fins are paired fins located on the ventral surface of fish.
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Peter R. Last
Peter Robert Last is an Australian ichthyologist, curator of the Australian National Fish Collection and a senior principal research scientist at CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (CMAR) in Hobart, Tasmania.
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Piscivore
A piscivore is a carnivorous animal that eats primarily fish.
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Placenta
The placenta is an organ that connects the developing fetus to the uterine wall to allow nutrient uptake, thermo-regulation, waste elimination, and gas exchange via the mother's blood supply; to fight against internal infection; and to produce hormones which support pregnancy.
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Recreational fishing
Recreational fishing, also called sport fishing, is fishing for pleasure or competition.
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Requiem shark
Requiem sharks are sharks of the family Carcharhinidae in the order Carcharhiniformes, containing migratory, live-bearing sharks of warm seas (sometimes of brackish or fresh water) such as the spinner shark, the blacknose shark, the blacktip shark, the grey reef shark, and the blacktip reef shark.
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River
A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river.
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Salinity
Salinity is the saltiness or amount of salt dissolved in a body of water (see also soil salinity).
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Sexual maturity
Sexual maturity is the capability of an organism to reproduce.
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Speartooth shark
The speartooth shark (Glyphis glyphis) is an extremely rare member of the river shark genus, belonging to the family Carcharhinidae.
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Species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank, as well as a unit of biodiversity, but it has proven difficult to find a satisfactory definition.
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Tidal river
A tidal river is a river whose flow and level are influenced by tides.
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Tide
Tides are the rise and fall of sea levels caused by the combined effects of the gravitational forces exerted by the Moon and the Sun and the rotation of Earth.
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Turbidity
Turbidity is the cloudiness or haziness of a fluid caused by large numbers of individual particles that are generally invisible to the naked eye, similar to smoke in air.
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Type (biology)
In biology, a type is a particular specimen (or in some cases a group of specimens) of an organism to which the scientific name of that organism is formally attached.
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Vertebra
In the vertebrate spinal column, each vertebra is an irregular bone with a complex structure composed of bone and some hyaline cartilage, the proportions of which vary according to the segment of the backbone and the species of vertebrate.
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Viviparity
Among animals, viviparity is development of the embryo inside the body of the parent, eventually leading to live birth, as opposed to reproduction by laying eggs that complete their incubation outside the parental body.
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Wet season
The monsoon season, is the time of year when most of a region's average annual rainfall occurs.
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William Toby White
William Toby White is an Australian ichthyologist.
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Yolk
Among animals which produce one, the yolk (also known as the vitellus) is the nutrient-bearing portion of the egg whose primary function is to supply food for the development of the embryo.
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Glyphis garricki, Glyphis sp. C, Glyphis sp. nov. C, New Guinea river shark, New guinea river shark.
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_river_shark
