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Otolith morphology and fish size relationships for five wrasse species in the eastern Adriatic Sea

Sagittal otoliths of five wrasse species, Coris julis (Linnaeus, 1758), Symphodus tinca (Linnaeus, 1758), Symphodus cinereus (Bonnaterre, 1788), Symphodus ocellatus (Forsskål, 1775) and Symphodus rostratus (Bloch, 1791) were described and compared using morphometric parameters. General otolith shape is the same for all wrasse species, although sagittal morphological variations between the species and different length groups were observed. Results for all investigated species showed that the otolith length is the best indicator of fish total length.

Adriatic Sea; Teleostei; Biometrics

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