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Geographic variation in biometric characters of Pegusa lascaris (Soleidae) from Iberian waters Isabel AFONSO-DIAS, Catarina REIS & J. Pedro ANDRADE (1) (1) CCMar,
FCMA - Universidade do Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, 8000-810 Faro, PORTUGAL.
Abstract.
- Meristic counts and morphometric measurements were carried out on
fresh sand sole Pegusa lascaris (Risso, 1810) obtained from commercial
landings in Iberian waters: Gulf of Cadiz, Algarve (South of Portugal)
and Porto (North of Portugal). Three meristic and nine morphometric characters
were examined for geographic variation. The Kruskal-Wallis test indicated
a significant difference at 5% level of confidence in the meristic counts
among the three localities. A principal component analysis was performed
to analyse the morphometric variables. The results showed that around
84% of the total variance was explained by the three first components.
All variables were highly scored with the first PC, except the pectoral
and pre-anal lengths and minimum height (0.797, 0.825 and 0.794, respectively).
Linear nested models were used to estimate the allometric relationships
between the morphometric variables and to assess sex and geographic effects
in the estimated parameters. The F-test used to test the equality of the
regression parameters showed, in general, a significant sex and/or geographic
effect (p < 0.05), except for the relationship between total length
and pectoral length. These results clearly demonstrated geographic variation
between the morphometric characters of sand sole in Iberian waters. |
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