MORPHOMETRY OF CUBAN POPULATION OF THE GUPPY, POECILIA-RETICULATA (PISCES, POECILIIDAE)

Authors
BARUS V PENAZ M WOHLGEMUTH E
Citation
V. Barus et al., MORPHOMETRY OF CUBAN POPULATION OF THE GUPPY, POECILIA-RETICULATA (PISCES, POECILIIDAE), Folia Zoologica, 44(4), 1995, pp. 363-370
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Zoology
Journal title
Folia Zoologica → ACNP
ISSN journal
01397893
Volume
44
Issue
4
Year of publication
1995
Pages
363 - 370
Database
ISI
SICI code
0139-7893(1995)44:4<363:MOCPOT>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
The morphometry was studied in a feral population of Poecilia reticula ta Peters, 1859 from the River Jaimanitas in Habana, Cuba on 8 meristi c and 34 plastic characters. The sexual dimorphism was also statistica lly tested. The feral Cuban population does not differ from wild popul ations inhabiting the original distribution area of this species in 6 meristic and 6 plastic characters, being the most frequented ones used in the literature.