Application of Mahalanobis distance function for the morphometric separation of Silverbelly (Leiognathus klunzingeri Steindachner) stocks in the Gulf of Mersin

Abstract

       Stock differentiation studies of silverbelly from four localities in the northeastern Mediterranean has been carried out morphometrically applying the Generalized Distance of Mahalanobis and shown that silverbellies of Mersin Bay consisted of four different stocks.