Biometry comparative for cyprinid fish Aspius vorax Heckel, 1843 among three localities in Southern Iraq

Abstract

Stocks of cyprinid fish Aspius vorax Heckel, 1843 from Huwaza and Chybiyesh marshes and Qarmat Ali river in southern Iraq were studied, fish samples were collected by seine net during the period from November 2008 to June 2009. Morphometric and meristic characters were measured. Statistical analysis (CV% and ANOVA) showed that Aspius vorax stockes in the areas localities belong to one population.