MORPHOLOGY AND FLUCTUATING ASYMMETRY OF SAGITTAL OTOLITHS OF THE BLACK SCORPIONFISH &lt;i&gt;SCORPAENA PORCUS &lt;/i&gt;LINNAEUS, 1758 (PISCES: SCORPAENIDAE) FROM THE CAUCASIAN AND CRIMEAN SHELVES OF THE BLACK SEA
Journal: Водные биоресурсы и среда обитания
Year: 2022

Currently, the method of otolithometry is widely used as a tool for studying the population structure and differentiation of populations of various fish species. At the same time, scientific literature contains only fragmentary data on the otolith morphology of the black scorpionfish Scorpaena porcus, a spicies common to the Black Sea coastal fish communities. This work was aimed at the investigation of the morphology of sagittal otoliths of the black scorpionfish inhabiting the Caucasian and Cr