What's the difference between perch and perciformes?

Perch


Definition:

  • (n.) Any fresh-water fish of the genus Perca and of several other allied genera of the family Percidae, as the common American or yellow perch (Perca flavescens, / Americana), and the European perch (P. fluviatilis).
  • (n.) Any one of numerous species of spiny-finned fishes belonging to the Percidae, Serranidae, and related families, and resembling, more or less, the true perches.
  • (n.) A pole; a long staff; a rod; esp., a pole or other support for fowls to roost on or to rest on; a roost; figuratively, any elevated resting place or seat.
  • (n.) A measure of length containing five and a half yards; a rod, or pole.
  • (n.) In land or square measure: A square rod; the 160th part of an acre.
  • (n.) In solid measure: A mass 16/ feet long, 1 foot in height, and 1/ feet in breadth, or 24/ cubic feet (in local use, from 22 to 25 cubic feet); -- used in measuring stonework.
  • (n.) A pole connecting the fore gear and hind gear of a spring carriage; a reach.
  • (v. i.) To alight or settle, as a bird; to sit or roost.
  • (v. t.) To place or to set on, or as on, a perch.
  • (v. t.) To occupy as a perch.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) A sensitive radioimmunoassay (RIA) for the measurement of metallothionein (MT) from perch (Perca fluviatilis) has been developed.
  • (2) • earthseasky.org North Zakynthos Potamitis Brothers, North Zakynthos Where to stay: Potamitis Brothers The brothers run boat trips (see below), but also own some rather special accommodation perched on the cliffs of Cape Skinari on the northern tip of Zakynthos.
  • (3) We tested 1,145 isolates from fresh and spoiling irradiated (0.0, 0.3, and 0.6 Mrad) yellow perch fillets for proteolytic activity, by the use of both media.
  • (4) In order to determine the most suitable cage environment for the squirrel monkey, a series of studies were carried out to compare various perch materials and cage configurations.
  • (5) Peering out from his Kremlin perch, Putin sees a European continent divided between wealthy and poor countries, between north and south, and senses an opportunity.
  • (6) Just a whisper between us, its about time some of the old guard got a hoot under their perch.
  • (7) Does he fancy winning the league again & knock Liverpool right off their perch?"
  • (8) Only a slight induction in monooxygenase activities was seen in perch caught near the oil spill 4 months after the accident.
  • (9) Those who remember the Two Davids of the 1987 SDP-Liberal Alliance will recall the exquisite agony only too well, cruelly captured by the Spitting Image puppet of little Steel perched in big Owen's pocket.
  • (10) Kerry McQuade whose home perched high up on Blenheim Street avoided the worst effects, said: "We had two hours of a torrential downpour, followed by continual rain, from lunchtime.
  • (11) The same phenomenon was observed for the perch and Crusian carp, with low nitrate concentrations, while with higher nitrate concentrations, the uptake levels were again increased.
  • (12) The rest of the week he drives to other city centres and commercial sites, with Emu sitting on a perch in a large wooden box in the back of the van.
  • (13) The separation of two isoforms of rainbow trout (Salmo gairdneri) metallothionein was possible by DEAE-Sephadex A-25 chromatography, while only one form of perch (Perca fluviatilis) metallothionein was obtained with this method.
  • (14) Lines of Syrian army troops circle Qerdaha, adding an additional defence to the natural protection offered by the mountain it perches on, overlooking Latakia.
  • (15) Cells of the gas gland of the perch Perca fluviatilis L., stimulated to increased generation of gas by the repeated emptying of the swim-bladder, were examined in the electron microscope.
  • (16) The total lipid content in the muscle of perch (Perca fluviatilis) and vendace (Coregonus albula) was less than 50% of that in rainbow trout and a seasonal variation was clear only in vendace.
  • (17) Perched in a grove of poplars and with prayer flags stretching away on all sides, Muktinath is Nepal's second-most sacred site for Hindus after Pashupatinath , which in comparison lies rather forlornly at the end of Kathmandu's international airport runway.
  • (18) Therefore we suggest that this purified form of cytochrome P-450 is a BNF-induced form in perch and that it is closely related to the gene subfamily cytochrome P-450 IA1.
  • (19) The Five senior programme controller, Chris Shaw, said: "Ten years on from the famous perch people are still obsessing with soft furnishings and the desk.
  • (20) The fortress-like villages perched on rocky mountaintops we saw when we visited the north of the country are reminders that Yemen has constantly been invaded, or otherwise meddled with, by outsiders, from the Turks onwards.

Perciformes


Definition:

  • (n. pl.) An extensive tribe or suborder of fishes, including the true perches (Percidae); the pondfishes (Centrarchidae); the sciaenoids (Sciaenidae); the sparoids (Sparidae); the serranoids (Serranidae), and some other related families.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) (Vanegas, H., Laufer, M. and Amat, J., The optic tectum of a perciform teleost.
  • (2) Electrophoretic analyses of lactate dehydrogenase isozyme patterns of three species of temperate fish belonging to family Sciaenidae (order Perciformes) indicates that at least three LDH loci--Ldh-A, Ldh-B and Ldh-C are active.
  • (3) The two patterns of corpopetal connections in Lepomis and Carassius were used as models for perciforms and cypriniforms in the analysis of the existing information in the literature on teleosts.
  • (4) Enzymecytochemical features of the caudal neurosecretory system of 6 species of freshwater teleosts, Gudusia chapra, Gonialosa manmina (Clupeidae, Clupeiformes), Oxygaster bacaila (Cyprinidae, Cypriniformes), Mystus bleekeri (Bagridae, Cypriniformes), Sciaena coiter (Scienidae, Perciformes), and Mastacembelus pancalus (Mastacembelidae, Mastacembeliformes) have been investigated with the help of several specific histochemical techniques.
  • (5) n. is described from the blood of 2 marine eelpouts, Lycodes lavalaei and Lycodes vahlii (Perciformes: Zoarcidae).
  • (6) Esterases from tissues of the surgeonfish (Teleostei, Perciformes, Acanthuridae) are characterized electrophoretically and include several carboxylesterases, an acetylesterase, and an atypical pseudocholinesterase (pseudo-ChE).
  • (7) The effect of collecting trauma on the metazoan parasites in the alimentary canal of French grunts, Haemulon flavolineatum (Desmarest) (Perciformes: Haemulidae), was evaluated by comparing the number and species of parasites in 10-fish lots that were identical except for collecting technique.
  • (8) 2) A propensity to produce high frequencies of heteromorphic regenerates originated independently at least three times in Cypriniformes, Scorpaeniformes, and Perciformes.
  • (9) Mugiline beta isolated from mature sperm nuclei of the Formosan grey mullet, belonging to Perciformes, was fractionated into seven components (M1-M7), by chromatography on CM-Sephadex C-25.
  • (10) The afferent connections of the valvula cerebelli were examined in one cypriniform teleost (Carassius auratus) and one perciform teleost (Lepomis cyanellus) with the use of horseradish peroxidase as a retrograde tracer.
  • (11) Electrophoretic analysis of the soluble malate dehydrogenase (s-MDH) and creatine kinase (CK) isozyme patterns of three species of temperate fishes (Scianidae, Perciformes) indicates at least two loci for s-MDH, Mdh-A and Mdh-B, and four CK, Ck-A, Ck-B, Ck-C and Ck-D. 2.
  • (12) Differences in the organization of the trigeminal motor nucleus may relate to the use of the dilator operculi muscle for aggressive display behavior by perciform fishes such as Betta but not by cypriniform fishes such as carp.
  • (13) In the present study, in order for the previous idea to be verified, quantitative iron analysis was made with an electron microprobe on the enameloid of fish belonging to the Perciformes, which is the largest group of teleostean fish in the world and consists of both marine and freshwater species.
  • (14) Cobaltous-lysine is transported anterogradely from the optic nerve of the teleost, Lethrinus chrysostomus (Lethrinidae, Perciformes).
  • (15) The forebrain shows little variation; its size is the same as that of other perciform fishes, giving a good idea of the phylogenetic level of the Gobioidei.
  • (16) Several species have been investigated to date, including one species of Agnatha (Myxinoidea), two species of elasmobranchs, and species of some orders of Teleostei like Cyprinidae, Siluriformes, Perciformes, and Gadidae.
  • (17) These fishes are Tilapia nilotica, T. mossambica and Mastacembelus sinensis of Perciformes.
  • (18) The electrokinetic and thermostability properties of phosphoglucose isomerase (PGI) in three species of temperate fishes (Perciformes, Acanthopterygii)--Cynoscion striatus, Macrodon ancylodon and Micropogonias furnieri--have been analyzed in order to study the adaptative 2.
  • (19) The sandlance or tommy fish Limnichthyes fasciatus (Creeiidae, Perciformes) is a tiny species that lives beneath the sand with only its eyes protruding and is found throughout the Indopacific region.
  • (20) The nucleus of a blastula cell from Tilapia (Oreochromis nilotica, family Cichlidae, order Perciformes) was transplanted into an enucleated egg of Loach (Paramisgurnus dabryanus, family Cobitidae, order Cypriniformes).

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