Comparison of osteological characters of juveniles of freshwater and anadromous Black Sea trout Salmo trutta labrax and Atlantic salmon S. salar (Salmoniformes: Salmonidae)
A.O. Yurtseva,
A.A. Makhrov,
S.I. Reshetnikov
et al.
Abstract:A comparative analysis of juvenile anadromous and freshwater (stream) forms of the Black Sea brown trout Salmo trutta labrax Pallas, 1814 was conducted using 10 meristic and 62 morphometric characters of cranial bones. This analysis included the counts of teeth and pores in the bones, as well as measuring of their shape characters. As a basis for comparison, data on juvenile anadromous and freshwater Atlantic salmon Salmo salar Linnaeus, 1758 were used. The osteological differences between ecological forms wer… Show more
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