Otolith atlas for the western Mediterranean, north and central eastern Atlantic
Tuset, V.M.; Lombarte, A.; Assis, C.A. (2008). Otolith atlas for the western Mediterranean, north and central eastern Atlantic. Scientia Marina (Barcelona), 72(Suppl. 1). Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas: Barcelona. 7-198 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.3989/scimar.2008.72s1199 Part of: Scientia Marina (Barcelona). Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas. Institut de Ciènces del Mar: Barcelona. ISSN 0214-8358; e-ISSN 1886-8134, more |  |
| Authors | | Top | - Tuset, V.M.
- Lombarte, A.
- Assis, C.A.
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| Abstract | The sagittal otolith of 348 species, belonging to 99 families and 22 orders of marine Teleostean fishes from the north and central eastern Atlantic and western Mediterranean were described using morphological and morphometric characters. The morphological descriptions were based on the otolith shape, outline and sulcus acusticus features. The morphometric parameters determined were otolith length (OL, mm), height (OH, mm), perimeter (P; mm) and area (A; mm2) and were expressed in terms of shape indices as circularity (P2/A), rectangularity (A/(OL×OH)), aspect ratio (OH/OL; %) and OL/fish size. The present Atlas provides information that complements the characterization of some ichthyologic taxa. In addition, it constitutes an important instrument for species identification using sagittal otoliths collected in fossiliferous layers, in archaeological sites or in feeding remains of bony fish predators. |
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