Prefix meaning narrow or restricted.

Feeding on only a limited range of food types.

Able to live only under a certain, narrow range of environmental conditions.

Sharp, pointed, piercing organ normally formed from a modified spine and secreting venom from glands at its base when present in fishes; the act of stinging; the wound or pain caused by stinging.

A horizontal connection between organisms, e.g., the branching, stem-like structure seen in some lower animals and more commonly, higher plants.

In ornamental fishes, a group of related individuals developed via selective breeding and sharing common features not present in other strains of the same species.

A long, normally thin line, marking, or band differing in colour from the surrounding surface.

Possessing one or more streaks.

Contoured to reduce resistance to motion through a fluid.

Chemical or biological agent, environmental condition, external stimulus or event that causes stress to an organism.

A linear mark, line, ridge, or groove on a surface.

Plural of stria.

To mark with striae.

Marked with or otherwise possessing striae or striations, especially when arranged in a parallel series.

Arrangement or pattern formed by a series of striae; being striate or marked with striae.

To produce sound by rubbing body parts together.

Production of sound by rubbing body parts together; the sound thus produced.

To artificially remove gametes from for captive breeding; to forcefully remove eggs or fry from the buccal cavity of a mouthbrooding fish in order to hatch/raise them elsewhere.

Narrow band of colour or tissue distinguished from the surrounding surface by colour or texture. Often arranged in a parallel series.

Possessing one or more stripes.