Original scientific paper

OCULAR LENS DIAMETER AND WEIGHT AS AN AGE INDICATOR IN Leiognathus equulus COLLECTED FROM THE SEA OF OMAN, SULTANATE OF OMAN

L.A Jawad ; 1. Marine Science and Fisheries Centre, Ministry of Fisheries Wealth, Sultanate of Oman, P.O. Box 427, Postal Code 100 Muscat; High Technical College, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman.
J.M. Al-Mamry
S.M.H. Al-Bimani
F.K.S. Al-Ghafari
D.S. Al-Mamry
I.H. Al-Rasady
M.S. Al-Marzouqi
S.H. Al-Habsi

Abstract

In the leiognathid fish, Leiognathus equulus the diameter of the eye lens can be used for identifying first-year animals, while the eye lens weight proved unreliable for age determination.

Keywords

ocular lens diameter; ocular lens weight; Leiognathus; The Sea of Oman; Oman

Hrčak ID:

74245

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/74245

Publication date:

28.10.2011.

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