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Aïcha Benaldjia

  • Biodiversity Journal, 10 (3): 201-206

    Aïcha Benaldjia, Lyamine Mezedjri & Ali Tahar
    Comparative biometric study of sardine Sardina pilchardus (Walbaum, 1792) of the Algerian littoral (Actinopterygii Clupeiformes Clupeidae)
    https://doi.org/10.31396/Biodiv.Jour.2019.10.3.201.206

    ABSTRACT
    A compared biometric study of the sardine Sardina pilchardus (Walbaum, 1792) (Actinopterygii Clupeiformes Clupeidae) was carried on 471 specimens during the year 2015. These samples were taken from seven different sites of the Algerian coast going from the east to the west: El Kala, Annaba, Skikda, Collo, Jijel, Algiers, and Oran. The ANOVA test which was applied on each of the 36 variables morphometric and meristic shows that there is a highly significant difference between the seven sites for 35 variables out of 36. However, concerning the sex factor in the study area, we didn’t note significant differences between sexes. The comparison of the seven sites with the MANOVA test confirms the results obtained by the ANOVA.