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Scaleprinting: individual identification based on scale patterns
M Morgado-Santos1, I Matos, L Vicente
1Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Ciências, Centro de Biologia Ambiental, Lisboa, Portugal. miguelfmsantos@gmail.com
Journal of Fish Biology
|April 23, 2010
Abstract:
A non-intrusive method for individual identification of Iberian cyprinid complex Squalius alburnoides is presented, with possible application to other fish complexes and species. The proposed methodology is based on scale patterns that vary greatly between individuals.

