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A Further Study on Winter Flounder Group Identification Off Massachusetts
Author(s) -
Pierce David E.,
Howe Arnold B.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
transactions of the american fisheries society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.696
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1548-8659
pISSN - 0002-8487
DOI - 10.1577/1548-8659(1977)106<131:afsowf>2.0.co;2
Subject(s) - flounder , identification (biology) , winter flounder , group (periodic table) , fishery , group identification , biology , geography , fish <actinopterygii> , ecology , psychology , chemistry , social psychology , organic chemistry
Dorsal and anal fin ray number variation was studied in 5,322 young‐of‐the‐year winter flounder, Pseudopleuronectes americanus (Walbaum), collected from the Cape Cod region during 1969–71. Data were analyzed by Duncanˈs multiple range tests, analysis of variance, and t‐tests. Flounder from separate estuaries did not constitute individual groups. The existence of a north‐of‐Cape‐Cod group and a south‐of‐Cape‐Cod group was confirmed; a Marthaˈs Vineyard group was identified.