What's the difference between perciform and snakehead?

Perciform


Definition:

  • (a.) Pertaining to the Perciformes.

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).

Snakehead


Definition:

  • (n.) A loose, bent-up end of one of the strap rails, or flat rails, formerly used on American railroads. It was sometimes so bent by the passage of a train as to slip over a wheel and pierce the bottom of a car.
  • (n.) The turtlehead.
  • (n.) The Guinea-hen flower. See Snake's-head, and under Guinea.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The Fat Whites play a series of gigs before Christmas, with Dale Barclay (ex- the Amazing Snakeheads ) taking Saul’s place on stage.
  • (2) The presence and partial characterization of immunoreactive atrial natriuretic peptide (ir-ANP) in the bulbus arteriosus were investigated using high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and radioimmunoassay (RIA) in several freshwater teleostean fish (catfish, silver crusian carp, snakehead, and rice eel).

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