Volume 8, number 2
 PDF Downloads: 1009

Comparative Morphology of the Otolith

A. Mansourkiaei¹, T. Valinasab², G. H. Vosoughi³ and P. Ghavam Mostafavi³

¹Department of Marine Biology, Tonekabon Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tonekabon Iran.

²Iranian Fisheries Research Organization, P.O.Box: 14155-6116, Tehran Iran.

³Department of Marine Biology, Science and Research branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran Iran.

Corresponding Author e-mail: ana_kiaei@yahoo.com

ABSTRACT: The otolith morphology of 10 species belonging to the Carangidae family collected from the Persian Gulf and Oman Sea (coast of Iran). Were examined separately and the characteristics were drawn. The morphomttric parameters determined were total length (TL, mm), weight (W, gr), otolith length (OL, mm), weight of right otolith(WRO, mm), weight of left otolith(WLO, mm), height of right otolith (HRO, mm), height of left otolith (HLO, mm),. The values obtained from measurements are given in the 90% confidence interval in most spesies. The observation of this family three shape of sagittal, Sagitiform, Fusiform and Lanceolated. As a result of this analysis, it is possible to identify the species from the Carangidae family by the otolith characters.

KEYWORDS: Otolith; Morphology; Sagitta; Carangidae; Persian Gulf; Oman Sea

Download this article as: 
Copy the following to cite this article:

Mansourkiaei A, Valinasab T, Vosoughi G. H, Mostafavi P. G. Comparative Morphology of the Otolith. Biosci Biotechnol Res Asia 2011;8(2)
Copy the following to cite this URL:

Mansourkiaei A, Valinasab T, Vosoughi G. H, Mostafavi P. G. Comparative Morphology of the Otolith. Biosci Biotechnol Res Asia 2011;8(2). Available from: https://www.biotech-asia.org/?p=9226

[ HTML Full Text]

Back to TOC