Glossary term starting with C

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caducous
caecum
caenogenetic
cage
cage culture
calcareous
calcified cartilage
calcite
calcitran
caldera
Cales and weed-whitings
California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco
California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, SU
California State University Sacramento, Ichthyology Collection
Californian incubator
calipash
Callichthyid armored catfishes
callus
calorie
camouflage
camptotrichia
Canadian Museum of Nature, Ontario
cancellous
cancer
candle
cannibalism
cannulation
canthaxantin
canyon
capacity building
capillary water
capital value
captive breeding
captivity degradation
carageenan
carangiform
carapace
carbohydrate
carbon dioxide (CO2)
carbonate alkalinity
carcass
carcharhinoid
carcinogenic
carcinoma
cardiac puncture
cardiform
cardiform teeth
Cardinalfishes
cardioid scale
Caribbean Sea
carinate
Carne a carne
Carne con carne
Carne-a-carne
carnivorous
carotenoid
carotenoids
carotid foramen
Carpet or nurse sharks
carr
Carrageenin
carrier
carrier state
carry
carrying capacity
cartesian well
cartilage
cartilaginous fishes
caruncle
case
casque-like
cast net
castnet
Cat sharks
catabolism
catadromous
catalyst
cataract
catch
catch curve
catch per unit of effort
catchability
catcher vessel
catcher-processor
catchment
catchment area
catchment basin
catfish ball
caudad
caudal
caudal filament
caudal fin
caudal fin ray counts
caudal flexure
caudal fulcrum
caudal keel
caudal peduncle
caudal peduncle scale rows
caudal pit
caudal vertebra
caudal vertebrae
Cauliflower disease
cause-specific mortality rate
cave fish
Caveached fish
Cavebasses
Cavefishes
cavernous
Caviale
Caviar
Caviare
cavity brooder
CD-ROM
Celebes Sea
cell
cellulase
cellulose
Celtic Sea
cement gland
cenote
centner
Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Cochin, India
Central Processing Unit
centromere
centrum
cephalic
cephalic clasper
cephalic lobe
cephalic vesicle
Cephalochordata
Cephalopoda
cephalopods
cephalothorax
Ceram Sea
ceratobranchial
ceratotrichia
cercaria
cerebellum
ceroid
cervical photophore
Cestoda
cestode worms
cetaceans
Ceviche
chaetognaths
chafing gear
challenge
chaotic
Characins
character
character displacement
charismatic species
Charles R. Conner Museum, Washington State University
Chaviári
check
checklist
cheek
cheek height
cheironym
cheirotype
chela
chelation
chemical filtration
chemical oxygen demand (COD)
chemoreception
chemoreceptor
chemosynthesis
chemotaxis
chemotherapy
chest
chevron
chiasma
Chikuwa
Chilean seabass
Chilled fish
chimaera
chimaeras
chimaeroid
chin
chironomids
chitin
chitinoid
chitons
chloramine
chloramines
chloramphenicol
chlorine
chlorine residual
chlorinity
Chlorophyta
chloroplast
chlorosity
chlortetracyline
choanae
cholangitis
cholesterol
choline
chondrichthyans
Chondrichthyes
chondrocranium
Chordata
chorion
choroid
choroid fissure
choroid tissue
Christmas fish
chromaffin tissue
chromatin
chromatography
chromatophore
chromatophores
chromatosis
chromer
chromosome
chronic
chronological order
chryopsin
Chuckchi Sea
Chulalongkorn University Museum
chum
chute
Cichlids
ciguatera
ciguatera poisoning
ciguatoxic fishes
ciguatoxin
cilia
ciliate scale
ciliated
ciliates
ciliiform
Ciliophora
circadian
circadian rhythm
circalittoral
circuli
circumaustral
circumboreal
circumference scale count
circumglobal
circumnarial fold
circumnarial grooves
circumorbitals
circumpeduncular scale count
circumpolar
circumtropical
cirrhi
cirrhosis
cirri
CITES
Citharids
clade
cladistics
cladogenesis
cladogram
Clam chowder
Clam liquor
clamping of fin and tail
clasper
clasper claws
clasper dactyl
clasper flexion
clasper gaff
clasper glans
clasper groove
clasper hooks
clasper sacs
clasper shaft
clasper spine
Clasper spur
claspers
classification
clavate
clavicle
claviform
clavus
clay
cleaner fish imitator
Cleanplate herring
Cleansed shellfish
cleavage stages
cleft
cleithral symphysis
cleithrum
Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina
Cleptobiosis
Cleptoparasite
Cleptoparasitism
client-server
cliff
climax community
Climbing catfishes
Climbing gouramies
clinal
cline
Clingfishes and singleslits
clinical
clinical infection
Clinids
clinolimnion
clinotaxis
clipped roefish
cloaca
clone
Close fish
closed season
cloudy eyes
clupeoids
clupeotoxic fishes
clupeotoxin
clupeotoxism
clutch
clysotremic
cnidaria
cnidarians
co-management
coagulation
coalesced
coarse fish
coast
coastal convergence
coastal plain
coastal waters
coastline
cobble
cobble beach
cobble field
Cobia
coccidia
coccolth ooze
cochleariform
Cod icefishes
Code
codend
Codfish brick
Codlets
Cods and haddocks
coefficient of ecological efficiency
coefficient of permeability
coefficient of viscosity
coelenterates
coelom
coexistence
cohesion
cohort
cohort analysis
coiled
coiled gut
Colatura
cold resistance
cold smoked
cold storage
Cold-smoked fish
coldwater disease
Collared carpet sharks
collection
collective group
collective-group name
colloid
colloidal particles
colloidal suspension
Colombo cure
colonisation
Colorado State University, Colorado
colt
Columnaris disease
Comb jellies
combination
combined selection
Combtooth blennies
commensal
commensalism
commensals
commercial
commission
commissure
common length
common name
Common property resource
common property resource management
Commonwealth Science & Industrial Research Organization
communal
communicable disease
community
community structure
compaction
compatible
compensation
compensation depth
compensation light intensity
compensatory growth
compensatory survival
competition
competitive association
competitive exclusion
competitive exclusion principle
competitive release
complement
complemental male
Complementary freshwater fishes
complete diet
completely land ringed atoll
component
compound feed
compressed
Computer Aided Design
Computer Aided Software Engineering
concave
condensation
Condensed fish solubles
condenser
condition factor
conditioning
condyle
cone
confer
confluence
confluent
congener
congeneric
congenital
Conger eels
congestion
congruence
conical teeth
Coniferophyta
conjoined
connote
consecutive hermaphrodite
conservation
conserved name
conserved work
conspecific
constitution
consumer
consumptive use
contact organ
contagious disease
contagiousness
containment
contiguous
continental
continental climate
continental distribution
continental drift
continental island
continental margin
continental ocean
continental rise
continental shelf
continental shelf ecosystems
continental shelf edge
continental slope
continuity
continuous
contour
contour interval
control
convection
conventional printing
convergence
conversion efficiency
convex
Convict blenny
convoluted
convolutions
cooling stresses
cooling tower
coordinates
copepod
copepods
coprophagy
copula
copulation
copulation (mating)
copyist's error
coracidium
coracoid
Coral
Coral Sea
coralline algae
corallophile
corals
cordillera
Core fish
Coriolis effect
corium
cormorant fishing
cornea
Corned alewives
Cornell University, New York
Cornetfishes
coronet
Corre fish
corrected statement of a type locality
correlation
corrigendum
corrosion
corrugation
corselet
cosmopolitan
costiasis
costule
cotype
coulomb
countershading
counterstain
country of origin
country of receipt
couplet
Court-bouillon
courtship
courtship bite
courtship ritual
covariance
cove coastline
cover pot
Cow sharks
crab cakes
crab sticks
cranial
cranial cavity
cranial roof
Craniata
craniomandibular muscles
cranium
Crawfish meal
creel
creel survey
crenate
crenicolous
crenon
crenophile
crenulate
crepuscular
crescentic
crest
Crestfishes
cretaceous
crevicular
critical depth
critical thermal maximum (CTM)
critical velocity
critically endangered
Crocodile icefishes
cross infection
cross over value (COV)
cross sea
crossing claspers
crossing over
crown
crown foot
Crustacea
crustaceans
crutching
cryogenic lake
cryogenic storage
cryopelagic
cryopreservation
cryptic
ctenactinium
ctenii
ctenoid
ctenoid scales
cuckoldry
cull
cultch
cultivar
cultrate
cultriform
culture
culture-based capture fishery
Cummalmum
cumulative
cuneate
cuneiform
cup
Cura branca
Cura do gaspé
curator
currency
current
current commercial practice
Cusk-eels
cusp
cusplet
Cut spiced herring
Cut-tail
cutaneous
Cutlassfishes
Cutlet
Cutthroat eels
cutting edge
cuttlefish
Cyanobacteria
cyclic succession
cyclo-ctenoid scale
cycloid
cyclomorphosis
cyclostome poisoning
cyprinin
cyst
cysteine
cystozygote
cytogenetics
cytopathic
cytopathology
cytoplasm
cytoplasmic DNA
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