nounWord forms: pluralichthyofaunas or ichthyofaunae
biology
the fish of a specific region
ichthyofauna in American English
(ˌikθiəˈfɔnə)
noun
the indigenous fish of a region
Word origin
[1880–85; ichthyo- + fauna]This word is first recorded in the period 1880–85. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: barnstorm, highball, impressionism, irredentist, regionalismichthyo- is a combining form meaning “fish,” used in the formation of compound words. Otherwords that use the affix ichthyo- include: ichthyolite, ichthyology, ichthyophagy, ichthyophthirius, ichthyosarcotoxin
Examples of 'ichthyofauna' in a sentence
ichthyofauna
The ichthyofauna observed comprised 3,030 individuals belonging to 28 species and 20 families.
Luiz Eduardo Lima de Freitas, Caroline Vieira Feitosa, Maria Elisabeth de Araújo 2006, 'Mangrove oyster (Crassostrea rhizophorae) (Guilding, 1928) farming areas as artificialreefs for fish: A case study in the State of Ceará, Brazil', Brazilian Journal of Oceanographyhttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-87592006000100003. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Despite its importance, an inventory of its ichthyofauna remains incomplete.
Adán Gómez-González, Ernesto Velázquez-Velázquez, Manuel Anzueto-Calvo, Maritza Maza-Cruz 2015, 'Fishes of the Grijalva River basin of Mexico and Guatemala', Check Listhttps://checklist.pensoft.net/article/19325/download/pdf/. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Molecular studies have improved our knowledge on the neotropical ichthyofauna.
Jorge L. Ramirez, Jose L. Birindelli, Daniel C. Carvalho, Paulo R. A. M. Affonso,Paulo C. Venere, Hernán Ortega, Mauricio Carrillo-Avila, José A. Rodríguez-Pulido,Pedro M. Galetti 2017, 'Revealing Hidden Diversity of the Underestimated Neotropical Ichthyofauna: DNA Barcodingin the Recently Described Genus Megaleporinus (Characiformes: Anostomidae)', Frontiers in Geneticshttp://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fgene.2017.00149/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The ichthyofauna of these habitats cannot be surveyed using trawl gear.
Mapula S. Makwela, Sven E. Kerwath, Albrecht Götz, Kerry Sink, Toufiek Samaai, ChristopherG Wilke 2016, 'Notes on a remotely operated vehicle survey to describe reef ichthyofauna and habitats– Agulhas Bank, South Africa', Bothalia: African Biodiversity & Conservationhttps://abcjournal.org/index.php/abc/article/view/2108. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Ichthyofauna communities were monitored in five rivers located in the region of the spill.
Aline Horodesky, Vinícius Abilhoa, Thayzi de Oliveira Zeni, Roberto Montanhini Neto,Gisela G. Castilho-Westphal, Antonio Ostrensky 2015, 'Ecological analysis of the ichthyofaunal community ten years after a diesel oil spillat Serra do Mar, Paraná state, Brazil', Global Ecology and Conservationhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2351989415000839. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The results revealed that structure of the ichthyofauna was associated with water mass distribution.
Elizabeti Y. Muto, Lucy S. H. Soares, Carmen L. D. B. Rossi-Wongtschowski 2000, 'Demersal fish assemblages off São Sebastião, southeastern Brazil: structure and environmentalconditioning factors (summer 1994)', Brazilian Journal of Oceanographyhttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-87592000000100002. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The ichthyofauna of the investigated reservoirs was studied for the first time.
Elena V. Kirilenko, Evgeniy V. Shemonaev 2017, 'Distribution of the Chinese Sleeper Perccottus glenii (Odontobutidae) in fish communitiesof floodplain waterbodies in the Samarskaya Luka National Park (Samara Region, Russia)',Nature Conservation Research: Zapovednaâ Naukahttp://ncr-journal.bear-land.org/article/82. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Measures for optimization of the conditions of ichthyofauna recruitment were offered.
О. О. Khristov, V. M. Kochet 2007, 'Dynamics of the ichthyofauna formation in the Samarsky bay under influence of differentfactors', Vìsnik Dnìpropetrovsʹkogo Unìversitetu: Serìâ Bìologìâ, Ekologìâhttp://ecology.dp.ua/index.php/ECO/article/view/371. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
We conclude that tidepool ichthyofauna may be quite variable between and within reef sites.
Edna A. Cunha, Roberto A. A. Carvalho, Cassiano Monteiro-Neto, Luiz Eduardo S. Moraes,Maria Elisabeth Araújo 2008, 'Comparative analysis of tidepool fish species composition on tropical coastal rockyreefs at State of Ceará, Brazil Análise comparativa da composição das espécies depeixes em poças de maré em recifes costeiros no estado do Ceará, Brasil', Iheringia: Série Zoologiahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0073-47212008000300013. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
They are also a place for living waterflow and ichthyofauna.
Antonowicz Józef Piotr, Panasiuk Damian, Machula Sylwia, Kubiak Jacek Florian, OpalińskaMagdalena 2018, 'The anthropogenic pollutants in urban ponds based on the example of Słupsk', E3S Web of Conferenceshttps://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20184500004. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)