Author/Authors :
Ghanbarifardi، M نويسنده Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran , , Aliabadian، M نويسنده Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran , , Esmaeili، H.R نويسنده ,
Abstract :
Morphometric variation of 154 specimens of Periophthalmus waltoni from seven different
sites in the Persian Gulf and Makran Sea (Gulf of Oman) were analyzed based on ten
morphometric characters. Canonical Variate Analysis of the sampling sites suggested a
partial separation between the north-western sites and the central plus south-eastern sites.
Moving larvae were probably the main factor connecting P. waltoni populations from
different sites and keeping them similar, morphologically and probably genetically. We
concluded that environmental factors could be the main explanation for morphological
differences between P. waltoni specimens from different stations.
