landmark based geometric morphometrics and comparison of meristic characters was used to understand potential differences between populations of waspi in mashkil and mokran basins. 97 specimens of waspies were caught (64 from mashkil river and 33 from sarbaz river). 14 landmarks were digitized on pictures taken from left side of specimens and meristic characters were counted. data were analyzed...

this study was designed to evaluate population variation and differentiation of bartail flathead, platycephalusindicus (linnaeus, 1785)in the iranian waters of the persian gulf using the morphometric and meristic characters. a total of 180 fish were collected by gill net from six stations (khormosa, bahrekan, shif, motaf, charak and bandar abbas) of iranian coasts of persian gulf including 30 f...

killifish (aphanius sophiae) of the cheshme-ali of damghan and shour river of eshteherd were studied and compared from morphological point of view. for morphometric studies, 34 truss morphometric measurements and  10 traditional  measurements  were made for each individual. nine meristic traits were counted. multi-variate analysis of variance (manova) revealed a significant different between va...

Two specimens of Valenciennea helsdingenii (Bleeker, 1858) were collected off Punnakayal coast, from Gulf of Mannar, southeast coast of India in November 2012. The morphometric and meristic characters of the recorded specimens are described and discussed. This is the first record of the species from the Indian waters that is a range extension of its known range within the Indian Ocean.

Although three species of the genus Macrourus are recognized in the Southern Ocean, DNA sequencing of the mitochondrial COI gene revealed four well-supported clades. These barcode data suggest the presence of an undescribed species, a conclusion supported by meristic and morphometric examination of specimens.

the black scorpionfish, Scorpaena porcus (Linnaeus, 1758), is one of the most common species of Scorpaenidae family in the Mediterranean and the adriatic Sea. apart from the adriatic, it is distributed in the whole Mediterranean, including the Black Sea, and along the eastern atlantic coast, from the British isles to the azores and the Canary islands (HUreaU & LitViNeNko, 1986). S. porcus is an...

The estimation of individual fitness and quality are important elements of evolutionary ecological research. Over the past six decades, there has been great interest in using fluctuating asymmetry (FA) to represent individual quality, yet, serious technical problems have hampered efforts to estimate the heritability of FA, which, in turn, has limited progress in the investigation of FA from an ...

This investigation was carried out for the determination of fish species living in Bandırma Bay (Sea of Marmara). Morphometric and meristic characters of of fishes caught by trawl and various nets in Bandırma Bay in the years of 1998-1999 were examined and some morphological, ecological properties, and local names of 34 determined species are given.