Shape Analysis of Otoliths of the Round goby, Neogobius melanostomus (Gobiiformes, Gobiidae), from the Black Sea Basin

• Дата: 2021
• Автори: Zamorov, V., Zamorova, M., Krupko, D., Matvienko, N., Leonchyk, Y., Kvach, Y.
• Формат: Стаття
• Мова: English
• Опубліковано: Publishing House "Akademperiodyka" of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine 2021
• Теми: morphology; ear stones; bony-fishes; Ponto-Caspian gobies
• Онлайн доступ: https://ojs.akademperiodyka.org.ua/index.php/Zoodiversity/article/view/207
• Назва журналу: Zoodiversity

This study aims to assess the round goby Neogobius melanostomus stocks discriminability based on the shape of its otoliths. Recent otolith-shape-based species and stock discrimination studies have been using otoliths’ contours in sagittal plane and we are following this approach. We hypothesized exi...