MORPHOMETRIC AND MERISTIC CHARACTERS OF MULLUS SERMULETUS (LINNEAUS, 1758) AND MULLUS BARBATUS (LINNEAUS, 1758) FROM MEDITERRANEAN SEA, ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT.
- Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt.
- National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Egypt.
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Abstract
In the present investigation, Intra-and inter-specific variations in morphometric indices of Mullus sermuletus and Mullus barbatus, from Mediterranean Sea at Alexandria, Egypt, were revealed. The type of allometry of morphometric measurements showed that for both species studied, females showed isometric measurements more than males and M. sermuletus showed isometric measurements more than M. barbatus for combined sexes. Meristic characters are significantly different between the two species studied. No sexual dimorphism was found in the meristic characters of the two species under study.
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Usama M. Mahmoud, Fahmy I. El-Gamal, Sahar F. Mehanna and Eman Mansour. (2016); MORPHOMETRIC AND MERISTIC CHARACTERS OF MULLUS SERMULETUS (LINNEAUS, 1758) AND MULLUS BARBATUS (LINNEAUS, 1758) FROM MEDITERRANEAN SEA, ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT., Int. J. of Adv. Res., 4 (08), 48-59, ISSN 2320-5407. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/1185
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