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Issue: Vol. 4205 No. 1: 5 Dec. 2016
Type: Article
Published: 2016-12-04
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4205.1.7
Page range: 81–86
Abstract views: 73
PDF downloaded: 3

Identifying Neogobius species from the southern Caspian Sea by otolith shape (Teleostei: Gobiidae)

Faculty of Biology, College of Science, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
Faculty of Biology, College of Science, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
Pisces taxonomy comparative morphology sagittal otoliths

Abstract

Three Neogobius species are common in the southern Caspian Sea. Identification of these species, especially from remains, is not fully understood. The present study compares the morphological characteristics of sagittal otoliths of N. caspius, N. pallasi and N. melanostomus. Furthermore, it also provides a dichotomous identification key based on otoliths morphology.

 

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