Meristic and morphometric characteristics of the Black Sea salmon, Salmo labrax Pallas, 1814 culture line: an endemic species for Eastern Black Sea

Nazli  Kasapoglu; Ekrem Cem Çankırılıgil; Eyüp  Çakmak; Osman Tolga  Özel

doi:10.17017/j.fish.250

Nazli Kasapoglu Department of Fisheries, Central Fisheries Research Institute, Trabzon, Turkey https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5526-778X
Ekrem Cem Çankırılıgil Department of Aquaculture, Central Fisheries Research Institute, Trabzon, Turkey https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5898-4469
Eyüp Çakmak Department of Aquaculture, Central Fisheries Research Institute, Trabzon, Turkey
Osman Tolga Özel Department of Aquaculture, Central Fisheries Research Institute, Trabzon, Turkey

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17017/j.fish.250

Keywords: aquaculture, endemic, morphology, Salmo trutta labrax, threatened fish

Abstract

The Black Sea salmon Salmo labrax Pallas, 1814 is an essential species for the Turkish aquaculture sector, given increasing trends of the annual productions. To date, there are few studies on meristic and morphometric characteristics of this species. In this study, the fifth filial generation of the species was specified and studied for meristic and morphometric characteristics. The results obtained in this study were compared with available literature and a similarity was found between the study specimens and wild individuals. The morphological characteristics of any cultured species is valuable especially when a new culture generation is formed and therefore this study outcomes may provide important information to the literature.

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