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Table 4 Sample sizes, mean standard body length and the mean of key meristic counts

From: Mitochondrial and morphological variation of Tilapia zillii in Israel

Aquatic system

Coastal

Kishon

Jordan River

Dead Sea

Sample

Taninim

Ein Afek

Ramat Gan*

Nitzanim*

HaMa'apil*

Kishon

Kinneret

Beit She'an

Ein Feshkha

Ne'ot HaKikar*

Data set

          

Molecular

13

10

15

10

2

10

16

13

13

15

Meristic

16

12

15

15

0

10

25

14

16

15

SL±sd (cm)

8.5±2.9

4.7±4.3

6.7±2

6.8±4.8

 

13.2±1.6

10.6±5.2

10.1±2.1

12.3±4.3

4.6±1.4

TR3±sd

6±0.5

6±0.7

6.1±0.3

6.2±0.7

 

7±0.6

6±0.4

6±0.8

7±0

5±0.6

LPR±sd

4±0

5±0

4±0

4±0

 

5±0.3

4.2±0.4

3.9±0.3

4±0

4±0.5

  1. * Introduced population, SL = mean standard body length, sd = standard deviation of standard body length. HaMa'apil sample was not measured due to small sample size. TR3 = Number of scales between the lower lateral line and the anal fin. LPR = The position of the longest pectoral ray
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BMC Research Notes

ISSN: 1756-0500

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