Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria 22(2): 39-57, doi: 10.3750/AIP1992.22.2.03
Biometric characteristics of Baltic eel-pout Zoarces viviparus (L.) from the Pomeranian Bay
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Citation: Więcaszek B (1992) Biometric characteristics of Baltic eel-pout Zoarces viviparus (L.) from the Pomeranian Bay. Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria 22(2): 39-57. https://doi.org/10.3750/AIP1992.22.2.03
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Abstract
The present paper describes biometric characters of eel-pout, Zoarces viviparus (L.) involving 28 metric and 12 meristic features. 208 specimens were examined with regard to both sexes. The materials studied was collected in May 1988, in the Pomeranian Bay. Furthermore, the problem of sex dimorphism in the species, as well as the degree of water salinity-vertebral count relationship were discussed.