INVESTIGADORES
VOLPEDO Alejandra Vanina
artículos
Título:
Otolith as a tool to differentiate juveniles of two species Centropomidae
Autor/es:
CARVALHO, BARBARA MAICHAK DE; BOT NETO, RENATO LUIZ; SCHWARZ JÚNIOR, ROBERTO; SPACH, HENRY LOUIS; VOLPEDO, ALEJANDRA VANINA
Revista:
PAPéIS AVULSOS DE ZOOLOGIA.
Editorial:
Universidad de Sao Paulo
Referencias:
Año: 2024 vol. 64 p. 1 - 7
ISSN:
0031-1049
Resumen:
Centropomus undecimalis and Centropomus ensifurus are a species belonging to the family Centropomidae, which has an important role in estuarine ecosystem. The present study aimed at comparing the otoliths shape of juveniles both species collected in in the lower São Francisco River (10°28′34.02″S, 36°24′27.02″W). In the laboratory, 52 otoliths were extracted,photographed, measured and the contour was analyzed by the wavelet method. The otolith contours varied between species (n = 28 C. ensiferus and n = 24 C. undecimalis). The Linear Discriminant Analysis correctly reclassified 92.3% of all otoliths among species. MANOVA also evidenced significant differences in contour between species (F = 3.73; p < 0.0001). The resultssuggest that C. ensiferus is adapted to enviroments with higher turbidity and the C. undecimalis tends to colonize environments with lower turbidity and spends more time in the water column