Morphometrics is an important aspect of biological research that integrates in various ways
with other branches of biology like genetics, ecology, and evolution to determine an …

Improve the knowledge base on the ecomorphological adaptation of teleost species to
different environments, trying to reconstruct how habitat can shape sagittae, is essential for …

Accurate species identification of harvested fishes is a central, yet often overlooked,
component of fishery monitoring. This study examined the efficacy of using otolith shape to …

The identification of fish species using otolith shape has been common in many fields of the
marine science. Different analytical processes can be applied for the morphological …

Mesopelagic species are enjoining increasing attention due to the growing impact of
fisheries activities on deep marine biocenosis. Improving the knowledge base on …

Otoliths of actinopterygians are calcified structures playing a key role in hearing and
equilibrium functions. To understand their morphological diversification, we quantified the …

This study explored the morpho-functional variations in the otoliths of Oreochromis niloticus
(ON) and Chrysichthys nigrodigitatus (CN) across the Ikorodu (IKL) and Epe (EPL) regions …

Abstract Crescent Perch, Terapon jarbua is one of the important food cum marine
ornamental fish in India. The present study deals with the delineation of T. jarbua stocks …

The garfish Belone belone represents the only valid endemic Belone species for the
Mediterranean Sea and the eastern Atlantic Ocean. It shows a wide global distribution …

The white mullet, Mugil curema, is a commercially important species in coastal areas, with a
large phenotypic variability and genetic dissimilarity among populations throughout its …