Atlas of marine bony fish otoliths (sagittae) of Southeastern-Southern Brazil Part III: Clupeiformes (Clupeidae, Engraulidae, Pristigasteridae)

Abstract

This publication is the second in a series that will together constitute an Atlas of Teleostei Otoliths for the Southeastern-Southern Brazilian area. Here we present results of morphologic and morphometric analyses of 12 Clupeiform species (3 Clupeidae, 7 Engraulidae and 2 Pristigasteridae) by means of the most commonly used features, measurements and indices. Three otoliths of each species have been illustrated and photographed whenever possible. The frequency of occurrence has been calculated for each characteristic by total length class (TL), and the ontogenetic differences have been analyzed (multiple χ² test; significance 0.05). AbstrActDescriptors: Otoliths, Morphology, Morphometry, Southwestern Atlantic, Brazil, Clupeiformes.Esta publicação é a segunda de uma série que constituirá um Atlas de Otólitos para os Teleostei da região Sudeste-Sul brasileira. Nela são apresentados os resultados de análises morfológicas e morfomé-tricas de 12 espécies de Clupeiformes (3 Clupeidae, 7 Engraulidae e 2 Pristigasteridae) através de feições, medidas e índices usualmente utilizados. Três otólitos de cada espécie foram desenhados e fotografados, sempre que possível. A frequência de ocorrência foi calculada para cada característica por classes de comprimento total dos peixes (CT) e as diferenças ontogenéticas foram analisadas (Teste χ² múltiplo; significância 0,05).

Atlas of marine bony fish otoliths of Southeastern-Southern Brazil Part VIII: Siluriformes (Ariidae) and Pleuronectiformes (Achiridae, Paralichthyidae, Cynoglossidae)

“…Nowadays our collection contains around 52,000 pairs of otoliths related to 24 orders, 66 families and 202 species ). Also we have been developing a series of papers providing a permanent visual record of otoliths from the Southeastern-Southern Brazilian coast: ROSSI-WONGTSCHOWSKI et al (2014), SILIPRANDI et al (2016), BRENHA-NUNES et al (2016) and two other: SANTIFICETUR et al 2017and GIARETTA et al 2017GIARETTA et al, 2017 being this volume the last part of the series. Herein, we present the features, measurements and related shape indices of Siluriformes and Pleuronectiformes otoliths.…”

Atlas of marine bony fish otoliths (sagittae) of Southeastern-Southern Brazil Part VII: Atheriniformes, Beloniformes, Beryciformes, Zeiformes, Syngnathiformes, Scorpaeniformes and Tetraodontiformes

“…The sampled area and the methodology of this study followed that presented in ROSSI-WONGTSCHOWSKI et al (2014), SILIPRANDI et al (2016) and .…”

“…Currently, the collection contains 51,886 pairs of otoliths from 66 families, 24 orders and 202 species . Until now, we published results on the shape of other orders and many families in ROSSI-WONGTSCHOWSKI et al (2014), SILIPRANDI et al (2016) and . These publications will constitute an Atlas of Otoliths of the Southeastern/Southern Brazilian region.…”

Atlas of marine bony fish otoliths (sagittae) of Southeastern-Southern Brazil Part VI: Albuliformes, Anguiliformes, Osmeriformes, Stomiiformes, Aulopiformes, Myctophiformes, Ophidiiformes, Polimixiiformes, Batrachoidiformes and Lophiformes

“…The sampled area and the methodology of this study followed that presented in ROSSI-WONGTSCHOWSKI et al (2014), SILIPRANDI et al (2016), .…”

“…Now the collection contains 51.886 pairs of otoliths from 66 families, 24 orders and 202 species . Furthermore, we started to publish results on the shape of those otoliths (ROSSI-WONGTSCHOWSKI et al, 2014;SILIPRANDI et al, 2016;. Together, these publications will constitute an Atlas of Otoliths of the Southeastern-Southern Brazilian region.…”