To impede the growth or development of.

Used in reference to an individual that has been subject to stunting.

The process of impeding the growth or development of.

An individual that has passed through the juvenile stage but not yet developed all adult characteristics, sexual maturity or size.

Partially keeled; somewhat resembling a keel.

Located, used, applied, secreted, or introduced beneath the skin.

Meaning ‘below distal‘; often used to refer to the position of markings in the fins of fishes.

Any of two or more taxonomic names whose synonymy is a matter of individual opinion, i.e., they are based on multiple name-bearing types.

A fold or groove located between the lacrymal bone and rostral cap in certain fish genera.

Situated close to the margin of something.

Under the eye.

One of the bones comprising the operculum, situated below the opercle.

Of, relating to, located on, or being the subopercle.

Located below or behind the orbit of the eye.

Bony, movable, lateral process of the lateral ethmoid located beneath the eye in males of certain nemacheilid loaches.

Taxonomic rank below species, written in the form of a trinomen. Often applied to a geographically-separated population within a species that retains the capability to produce fertile offspring with other populations but may exhibit phenotypic differences.

A surface on which an organism lives, moves or is attached to; the base material of a water body; a benthic habitat. Also used in reference to base material when added to an aquarium.

Situated close to the end of something.

Mouth oriented and opening primarily forward but also somewhat ventrally, i.e., the upper jaw and snout clearly extend beyond the lower jaw

Of, relating to, characteristic of, or located in the subtropics.