Biometric properties of euryhaline fish the sand smelt Atherina boyeri Risso, 1810
In this study the presence of sand smelt Atherina boyeri Risso, 1810, an invasive and translocated species has been reported in the Hirfanlı Dam Lake, Turkey. The fish samples were collected from the fishermen operating in the area in April 2016. Twenty-three morphometric characteristics of A. boyeri, were taken, including standard length (SL), fork length (FL), total length (TL), preorbital distance, eye diameter, interorbital distance, head length, head width, dorsal fin I nose point distance, dorsal fin II nose point distance, preanal distance, prepectoral distance, preventral distance, dorsal fin I base length, dorsal fin II base length, anal fin base length, pectoral fin base length, ventral fin base length, maximum body height, caudal peduncle height, body width, caudal peduncle width, body weight (W). The SL varied between 62 to 75 mm and weight 2.324 to 4.133 g in females. Whereas in males the SL varied between 56 to78 mm and weight 1.533 to 4.011 g. The sex ratio was slightly in favour of females being 54.4%.
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| Format: | article biblioteca |
| Language: | English |
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2019
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| Subjects: | Biology, Atherina boyeri, sand smelt, biometric properties, euryhaline fish, |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1834/41196 |
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