Objective:To determine morphometric and meristic variations betweenGarra rufa(G.rufa)samples obtained from different locality in Tigris River.Methods:Transformed morphometric characters were subjected to discriminant ...Objective:To determine morphometric and meristic variations betweenGarra rufa(G.rufa)samples obtained from different locality in Tigris River.Methods:Transformed morphometric characters were subjected to discriminant analysis and according to grouping model,number of discriminant function and morphologic variation between populations with respect to their importance of explaining total variation were determined.Results:Success rate of classifying the groups according to the results of discriminant analysis of morphometric characters ofG.rufa individuals,belonging to seven different localities of Tigris and Euphrates river system revealed as 56.7%.Savur stream group showed different distribution from the other groups.Success rate of classifying the groups according to the discriminant analysis of meristic characters ofG.rufa individuals appeared as 56.32%.Conclusions:Devege?idi Dam Lake and Kulp stream groups were the ones which showed the most different distributions in the discriminant analysis.Between locality groups ofG.rufa individuals belonging to Cyprinidae family,meristic and especially morphometric variations were significantly found in the consequent of discriminant analysis.展开更多
基金Supported by Dicle Univercity with DUPAB-07-02-016 numbered project.
文摘Objective:To determine morphometric and meristic variations betweenGarra rufa(G.rufa)samples obtained from different locality in Tigris River.Methods:Transformed morphometric characters were subjected to discriminant analysis and according to grouping model,number of discriminant function and morphologic variation between populations with respect to their importance of explaining total variation were determined.Results:Success rate of classifying the groups according to the results of discriminant analysis of morphometric characters ofG.rufa individuals,belonging to seven different localities of Tigris and Euphrates river system revealed as 56.7%.Savur stream group showed different distribution from the other groups.Success rate of classifying the groups according to the discriminant analysis of meristic characters ofG.rufa individuals appeared as 56.32%.Conclusions:Devege?idi Dam Lake and Kulp stream groups were the ones which showed the most different distributions in the discriminant analysis.Between locality groups ofG.rufa individuals belonging to Cyprinidae family,meristic and especially morphometric variations were significantly found in the consequent of discriminant analysis.
