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ITALIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY
Volume 78, Issue 3, Pages 320-327Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/11250003.2010.547876
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Labridae; pharyngeal jaws; geometric morphometrics
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In the present study, variation in the morphology of the lower pharyngeal element between two Sicilian populations of the rainbow wrasse Coris julis has been explored by the means of traditional morphometrics for size and geometric morphometrics for shape. Despite close geographical distance and probable high genetic flow between the populations, statistically significant differences have been found both for size and shape. In fact, one population shows a larger lower pharyngeal element that has a larger central tooth. Compared to the other population, this population also has medially enlarged lower pharyngeal jaws with a more pronounced convexity of the medial-posterior margin. The results are discussed in the light of a possible more pronounced durophagy of this population.
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