Differences in some cranial bones between two Cyprinidae species, Common carp Cyprinus carpio (Linnaeus, 1758) and Crucian Carp Carassius carassius (Linnaeus, 1758) Collected from Tigris River, Iraq

Muhammad Inad  Ghazwan

doi:10.30574/gscbps.2021.15.3.0169

Authors

Muhammad Inad Ghazwan Iraq Natural History Museum and Research Center, University of Baghdad.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30574/gscbps.2021.15.3.0169

Keywords:

Biometrics, Carp, Comparison, Skull, Symmetry

Abstract

The present study attempts to identify some of the differences between the skull bones of two species Cyprinus carpio and Carassius carassius, which belong to the Cyprinidae family. The study is a taxonomic diagnostic study between the two species which are considered local fish abundant in the Iraqi aquatic environment.

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