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Identification of groupers based on pyloric caeca differentiation
Author(s) -
Roy T. S. C.,
Gopalakrishnan A.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of fish biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.672
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1095-8649
pISSN - 0022-1112
DOI - 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2011.03089.x
Subject(s) - biology , zoology , identification (biology) , anatomy , fishery , ecology
The examination of nine species of groupers present in south‐east Indian waters has indicated that the pyloric caeca number, pattern and colouration are reliable and useful characters for identification. Three distinct morphotypes of pyloric caeca were observed in this study.