Combining morphology, scanning electron microscopy, and molecular phylogeny to evaluate the taxonomic power of scales in genus Aphanius Nardo, 1827 (Teleostei: Cyprinodontidae)
Scale morphology and its structural details were studied with morphometry, geometric morphometrics, and scanning electron microscopy in five Iranian Aphanius species and examined comparatively with molecular phylogeny. Scales were cycloid and circular in A. farsicus Teimori, Esmaeili & Reichenba...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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2017-06-01
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| Series: | Archives of Polish Fisheries |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1515/aopf-2017-0008 |