Biometry, Distribution and Genetic Characterization of Blue Jack Mackerel Trachurus picturatus (Bowdich, 1825), a Rare Pelagic Fish Species in the Adriatic Sea

• Published in: Diversity
• Main Authors: Barbara Zorica, Ivana Bušelić, Vanja Čikeš Keč, Vedran Vuletin, Ivana Lepen Pleić, Igor Isajlović, Ivana Radonić, Nedo Vrgoč
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2020
• Subjects: central Mediterranean; mitochondrial DNA; morphometry; pelagic fish; phylogeography; Trachurus; Fishing Ground; Northeast Atlantic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/d12120463

The blue jack mackerel Trachurus picturatus (Bowdich, 1825) specimens (N = 155) were collected during the MEDITS survey, done along the eastern side, precisely, of the Croatian fishing ground in July 2018. Biometrical analysis of ten morphometric and five meristic characters, as well as genetic anal...