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Breeding Tubercles in Scales of Male Barilius bendelisis (hamilton, 1807) Identified as Sexual Dimorphic Character


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1 Biodiversity Laboratory, Resource Management and Environment Section, Life Sciences Division, Institute of Advanced Study in Science and Technology, Vigyan Path, Paschim Boragaon, Garchuk, Guwahati 781 035, India
 

Sexual dimorphism in scales has been reported in some cyprinids like Chondrostoma nasus, where breeding tubercles are present on the scales of both males and females, but are smaller and inconspicuous in females. The presence of breeding tubercles in fishes was first reported by Vladykov et al.
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Jafrin Farha Hussain
Biodiversity Laboratory, Resource Management and Environment Section, Life Sciences Division, Institute of Advanced Study in Science and Technology, Vigyan Path, Paschim Boragaon, Garchuk, Guwahati 781 035, India
Sabitry Bordoloi
Biodiversity Laboratory, Resource Management and Environment Section, Life Sciences Division, Institute of Advanced Study in Science and Technology, Vigyan Path, Paschim Boragaon, Garchuk, Guwahati 781 035, India

Abstract


Sexual dimorphism in scales has been reported in some cyprinids like Chondrostoma nasus, where breeding tubercles are present on the scales of both males and females, but are smaller and inconspicuous in females. The presence of breeding tubercles in fishes was first reported by Vladykov et al.


DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv110%2Fi6%2F985-986