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Glossary: t-position

February 23rd, 2012 — 4:15pm

Stance adopted by a spawning pair in certain fish species in which the two individuals come together in such a way as to resemble a capital letter ‘T’. Typical in some callichthyid catfishes, for example.

Glossary: tactile

February 15th, 2012 — 3:37pm

Of or relating to touch.

Glossary: tail fin

February 15th, 2012 — 3:37pm

See caudal fin.

Glossary: tank

February 15th, 2012 — 3:37pm

See aquarium.

Glossary: tankbuster

February 23rd, 2012 — 4:48pm

Vernacular term applied to fish species which grow to large for the vast majority of home aquaria. Most commonly appear in the trade at a small, and therefore more saleable,  size.

Glossary: tannin

February 15th, 2012 — 3:37pm

Any of various yellowish or brownish solid compounds found in many plants and used for various commercial purposes. Derived from gallic acid and also known as tannic acid. Often present in water bodies with large amounts of decaying vegetation or where the underlying or surrounding soil contains peat and responsible for the typically brownish (tea-coloured) […]

Glossary: tautonym

February 15th, 2012 — 3:37pm

A binomial, scientific name in which the genus and species names are the same, e.g., Tinca tinca.

Glossary: taxon

February 15th, 2012 — 3:37pm

A taxonomic group or category of any rank, such as a species, genus family, or class.

Glossary: taxonomic

February 15th, 2012 — 3:37pm

Of or relating to taxonomy.

Glossary: taxoomy

February 15th, 2012 — 3:37pm

Classification of organisms into groups in an ordered system based on natural relationships; the practice of arranging organisms in this fashion; carrying out classification.

Glossary: TDS

February 20th, 2012 — 10:57am

Commonly-used abbreviation of total dissolved solids.

Glossary: teleost

February 15th, 2012 — 3:37pm

Any member of the infraclass Teleostei, a large group of ray-finned fishes containing most of those with a bony skeleton.

Glossary: temperate

February 15th, 2012 — 3:37pm

Of, relating to, or denoting a region or climate characterised by mild temperatures located between the tropics and polar circles.

Glossary: temporal

February 15th, 2012 — 3:37pm

Of, relating to, or limited by time or the material world.

Glossary: temporary hardness

February 22nd, 2012 — 4:20pm

Refers to the portion of hardness in a water body arising from the presence of dissolved calcium hydrogencarbonate and magnesium hydrogencarbonate. These become less soluble as temperature increases so are removed when water is boiled, for example. Temporary hardness is sometimes referred to as, but is not equivalent to, carbonate hardness.

Glossary: tendon

February 15th, 2012 — 3:37pm

Band of tough, fibrous, inelastic connective tissue that connects a muscle to a bone. Primarily composed of collagen.

Glossary: tentacle

February 15th, 2012 — 3:37pm

Slender, elongate, flexible, unsegmented, usually tactile or prehensile, process extending from the body in certain organisms.

Glossary: terminal

February 15th, 2012 — 3:37pm

In ichthyology, situated at or forming the end of, e.g., a 'terminal' mouth is located at the anterior-most part of the head.

Glossary: terminal margin

February 15th, 2012 — 3:37pm

In the fins of fishes, the space between the subterminal margin and fin tip.

Glossary: terminal mouth

February 15th, 2012 — 3:37pm

Mouth located at the anterior-most part of the head with upper and lower jaws of equal length.