Otoliths are known to vary in morphology between and within species and therefore, they
have long been considered useful structures for fish identification and discrimination in …

A total of 243 Pagellus erythrinus saccular otoliths' shape and size, including length, width,
area, and perimeter, were examined among individuals of the Chebba, Sfax, Gabes, and …

Fish otoliths morphology is an important aid in taxonomic, phylogenetic,
palaeoichthyological and dietary studies. This study compares the morphology of the otoliths …

Geometric morphometrics is a quick and reliable approach to differentiate fish stocks based
on the variation of otolith shapes. In this study, morphometric analysis of otolith shapes was …

Sažetak Sagittae otoliths of eight juvenile species: Boops boops, Diplodus vulgaris,
Diplodus puntazzo, Sarpa salpa (family Sparidae), Liza ramada, Liza aurata (family …

Abstract Background. The bogue, Boops boops (Linnaeus, 1758), is the most common
sparid fish in the Tunisian waters. Despite its economic importance, the stock discrimination …

Otolith morphology analysis is one of the main tools used for fish or fish stock identification.
Moreover, otolith shape can also be used in animal dietary studies (stomach content) for the …

For the first time, an otolith shape analysis was used to investigate the stocks of saddled
bream (Oblada melanura, Linnaeus, 1758) in three fishing zones along the Tunisian coast …

Otoliths, or ear‐stones, are calcareous components in the static‐acoustic organs of teleost
fishes with a characteristic morphology. As such, they are widely used in fisheries because …

Serranus hepatus is a bycatch species in the Mediterranean trawl fishery for which
knowledge on biological features such as otolith morphology is generally poor in the …