Otolith measurements for the comparison of two species of sciaenid fishes, Atractoscion aequidens and Atractoscion macrolepis

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Main Authors: Gouws, Gavin, Kruger, Jerraleigh L, Smale, Malcolm, Henriques, Romina, Potts, Warren M
Format: Dataset Open Access
Language:en
Published: PANGAEA 2026
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A_aequidens_Bird_Island; A_aequidens_East_London; A_aequidens_Port_Elizabeth; A_aequidens_RV_TBD; A_aequidens_Rye_Banks; A_aequidens_Unknown; A_aequidens_White_Sands; A_macrolepis_Namibe; A_macrolepis_Pinda; A_macrolepis_Tombwa; A_macrolepis_Touebura; Accession number; Anteroposterior distance from the anterior extent of the rostrum to the anterior origin of the caudal colliculum; measured using a digital caliper under a dissecting stereo microscope using direct light; Anteroposterior distance from the anterior margin of the ostial colliculum to the anterior origin of the caudal colliculum; measured using a digital caliper under a dissecting stereo microscope using direct light; Atractoscion aequidens; Atractoscion macrolepis; Bird Island, Algoa Bay, Eastern Cape, South Africa; C/T measure; Caliper/tape measure; Collection; Counted using a dissecting stereo microscope using translucent backlight; Country; Digital caliper under a dissecting stereo microscope using direct light; Dorsoventral distance from the dorsal margin of the otolith to the dorsal margin of the caudal colliculum; measured using a digital caliper under a dissecting stereo microscope using direct light; Dorsoventral distance from the dorsal margin of the otolith to the ventral margin of the caudal colliculum; measured using a digital caliper under a dissecting stereo microscope using direct light; Dorsoventral distance from the dorsal to the ventral margin of the caudal colliculum; measured using a digital caliper under a dissecting stereo microscope using direct light; Dorsoventral distance from the dorsal to the ventral margin of the otolith; measured using a digital caliper under a dissecting stereo microscope using direct light; East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa; Event label; Fish, fork length; Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape, South Africa; Location; meristic characters; morphometric characteristics; Namibe, Namibe Province, Angola; Otolith, height; Otolith, length; Otolith, processes; Otolith, width; Otoliths; Otoliths (A. aequidens) coll. at Bird Island; Otoliths (A. aequidens) coll. at East London; Otoliths (A. aequidens) coll. at Port Elizabeth; Otoliths (A. aequidens) coll. at RV TBD station 20; Otoliths (A. aequidens) coll. at Rye Banks; Otoliths (A. aequidens) coll. at White Sands; Otoliths (A. aequidens) coll. locality unknown; Otoliths (A. macrolepis) coll. at Namibe; Otoliths (A. macrolepis) coll. at Pinda; Otoliths (A. macrolepis) coll. at Tombwa; Otoliths (A. macrolepis) coll. at Touebura; Otolith sampled from Atractoscion aequidens; Otolith sampled from Atractoscion macrolepis; Pinda, Cuanza Sul Province, Angola; R/V Thomas B Davie, station 20, Algoa Bay, Eastern Cape, South Africa; Riy Banks, off Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape, South Africa; SABI; Sciaenidae; South Africa; South African Biosystematics Initiative; Species, unique identification; Species, unique identification (Semantic URI); Species, unique identification (URI); Species comparisons; Taxonomy; Tômbua, Namibe Province, Angola; White Sands, Algoa Bay, Eastern Cape, South Africa
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