Using the outline analysis of otolith to study stocks of the predominant species of genus Acanthopagrus (Sparidae family) in the Persian Gulf and Oman Sea

Doustdar M .; S eifali M.; Hashemi S.A .

doi:10.17762/sfs.v8i1.70

Authors

Doustdar M . Iranian Fisheries Science and Research Institute, Agricultural Research Education and Extension Organization, Tehran, Iran
S eifali M. Department of Plant Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran
Hashemi S.A . Offshore Fisheries Research Center, Iranian Fisheries Science and Research Institute, Agricultural Research Education and Extension Organization, Chabahar, Iran

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17762/sfs.v8i1.70

Keywords:

Sparidae, Acanthopagrus arabicus, Fish stocks, Fourier analysis, Otolith, Persian Gulf, Oman Sea

Abstract

The present study was conducted using geometric morphometric analysis of otolith to discriminate stocks of the predominant species of genus Acanthopagrus in the west and east of Strait of Hormuz. Samples were taken from 5 regions in the Persian Gulf and Oman Sea from March 2016 to March 2018. The 145-otolith samples were obtained from the Arabian yellowfin sea bream (Acanthopagrus arabicus). The results of this investigation confirmed the existence of two separate populations in the west and east of the Strait of Hormuz.