TABLE 2 in Morphological identification and molecular validation of anchovies (Engraulidae) in the Persian Gulf and Oman Sea

TABLE 2. The main morphological characters to identify Engraulidae species (Whitehead et al. 1988). NTL(cm)SL(cm)LGRPOSPRSPADSpecies3512-1310-10.510-119-1016-1713III 29-32III 11-12Thryssa setirostris3514-1712-1512-159-1015-1612-13III35-37III11Thryssa hamiltonii2015-17.513-15.519-229-1015-1613-14III 38-40III 14-15Thryssa vitrirostris126.9-10.56-8.718-197-815-1611III 34-36III 11-12Thryssa dussumieri1312.5-16.510.5-1419-219-1015-1614III 40-42III 10-11Thryssa whiteheadi355.7-85.2-724-2604-516II 14-15II 11-12Encrasicholina punctifer156.1-75.5-6.225-2705-613-14II 15-16II 12Encrasicholina pseudoheteroloba711.3-12.310-1121-2204-514-15III16-17III13-14Stolephorus indicus SL: Standard length, D: Dorsal fin ray (unbranched, branched) by formula of lower counts-upper counts, A: Anal fin ray (u,b), P: Pectoral fin ray, PRS: Pre-pelvic keeled scute, POS: Post-pelvic keeled scute, LGR: 1st lower gillraker, SL: Standard length, TL: Total length, N: Samples number.