Pectoral spine size in Synodontis schall (Teleostei Mochokidae) from Asa Lake, Ilorin, Nigeria

• Autores: P.A Araoye
• Localización: Revista de Biología Tropical, ISSN 0034-7744, Vol. 48, Nº. 2-3, 2000, págs. 509-510
• Idioma: inglés
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  • The pectoral spines of Synodontis schall (n = 813) were examined for 24 months. Mean length for the right (3.2 cm) and left (3.1 cm) pectoral spines were not significantly different [P 0.05];. However, the male and female pectoral spine lengths were significantly different (P < 0.05). A fractured pectoral spine in one of the specimens was shorter than the other. The fracture which could be deleterious to balancing, feeding and reproductive activities was attributed to an injury rather than to genetic or epigenetic defects.