Otoliths in bony fishes play an important role in the senses of balance and hearing. Otolith
mass and shape are, among others, likely to be decisive factors influencing otolith motion …

Morphometric analysis of biogenic recording structures within marine organisms has
applications in stock assessment, taxonomics, and ecomorphological studies, with shape …

Otolith shape analysis has been extensively employed to distinguish stocks and populations
of marine fish species. While the majority of studies have employed Elliptic Fourier …

The morphology and morphometry of otoliths have emerged as powerful indicators of
ecological characteristics of fishes. However, shape descriptors that can accurately predict …

During the last decades, there has been a growing interest in the Atlantic chub mackerel,
Scomber colias, owing to its northward expansion across the East Atlantic Ocean. This trend …

The identification of fish species using otolith shape has been common in many fields of the
marine science. Different analytical processes can be applied for the morphological …

To check the suitability of otoliths for measuring biodiversity, the contour and shape of the
sulcus acusticus of sagittal otoliths were described using geometric morphological analysis …

Ecological diversification of Sebastes rockfishes has been mainly driven by depth and
resource availability. Both ecological parameters exert selective pressures in colouration …

Little is known about possible differences in sagitta otolith size and shape between sexes of
the shi drum, Umbrina cirrosa, and relationships between their body and otolith size. Thus …

A recent study was performed to assess the morphometric variation of otoliths of the
Decapterus kurroides collected in the northern Sulu and southern Sibuyan seas in …