On the reliability of the growth rings in two species of the family Characidae in the Sudan

Autor: M. E. Hamza, S. A. Guma'a, E. M. Suliman
Rok vydání: 1984
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Zdroj: Limnology and Marine Biology in the Sudan ISBN: 9789400965591
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-009-6557-7_37
Popis: The scales, opercula and vertebrae from 69 Hydrocyon forskali and 63 Alestes dentex were investigated for their reliability as aging structures. In both species the scales were unreliable due to their regenerative property, in spite of the clarity of their growth rings.
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