Morphometric analysis revealed two different Mediterranean horse mackerel ( <i>Trachurus mediterraneus</i> ) stocks in the Adriatic Sea
Journal: PeerJ
Year: 2025

Phenotypical differentiation among individuals of Mediterranean horse mackerel <i>Trachurus mediterraneus</i> in the Adriatic Sea was investigated through the analysis of several morphometric characters. Overall, 426 individuals of Mediterranean horse mackerels were sampled from the northern, central and southern Adriatic Sea during the summers of 2012 and 2013. Forty-six morphometric characters were measured for each individual and then compared using multivariate techniques (linear discriminan