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Taxocene — A taxocene is a taxonomically related set of species within a community. [ [http://www.fishbase.se/glossary/Glossary.cfm?TermEnglish=taxocene Definition of a taxocene from the World Fish Centre] ] An example of this would be fish in a pond, as… … Wikipedia
Taxonomy — is the practice and science of classification. The word comes from the Greek Polytonic|τάξις , taxis (meaning order , arrangement ) and Polytonic|νόμος , nomos ( law or science ). Taxonomies, or taxonomic schemes, are composed of taxonomic units… … Wikipedia
ichthyocene — a fish taxocene (a taxonomically related set of species within a community), e.g. the epipelagic ichthyocene. Mostly Russian terminology, not commonly encountered elsewhere … Dictionary of ichthyology