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Home / Regular Issue / JSSH Vol. 13 (1) Apr. 1990 / PERT-0584-1990

Colour Pattern as an Additional Aid to the Identification of Nemipterus Species and Their Relationship

Mohd. Zaki Mohd. Said, Mohd. Azmi Ambak, and Abu Khair Mohammad Mohsin

Pertanika Journal of Social Science and Humanities, Volume 13, Issue 1, April 1990

Keywords: Morphometric and meristic characters, colour pattern, Nemipterus, South China Sea.

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Abstract

Morphometric and meristic characters of six species of the genus Nemipterus collected from the South China Sea off Terengganu were found overlapping and differing only very slightly. But the colour pattern of live specimens seemed to differ greatly and on this basis afield key for their identification has been presente

ISSN 0128-7702

e-ISSN 2231-8534

Article ID

PERT-0584-1990