Fishkeeping glossary
The vocabulary of the average fish expert probably includes hundreds of words you've never heard of before. To help you understand it all we've made this nifty glossary so you can swot up on the terminology.- Calcareous
- Calcium carbonate
- Calcium dioxide
- Carapace
- Carbon
- Carbonic acid
- Carotenoid
- Carp pox
- Catadromous
- Catchment
- Caudal fin
- Caudal peduncle
- Cefas
- Cephalothorax
- Cerata
- Chemical filtration
- Chiton
- Chorion
- Chromatic dimorphism
- Chromatin
- Cichlidae
- Cirri
- Clade
- Cladist
- Cladistics
- Cladogenesis
- Clark
- Cnidarian
- Cnidosac
- Code
- Conductivity
- Congener
- Congeneric
- Conspecific
- Copepod
- Corydoras
- Crenulate
- Crepuscular
- Crinoids
- Cryptic
- Cryptic species
- Ctenoid
- CyHV-1
- CyHV-2
- CyHV-3
- Cyprinid herpes virus 1
- Cyprinid herpes virus 2
- Cyprinid herpes virus 3






