LEPIDOLOGY OF SELECTED SPECIES OF HAEMULON (PISCES: POMADASYIDAE): A MORPHOLOGICAL - STATISTICAL APPROACH TO TAXONOMY

Author

• DAVID NASH GOODSPEED

Author Type

Graduate Student

Date of Award

1974

Document Type

Thesis

Publication Status

Version of Record

Submission Date

October 2026

Abstract

A study was made of selected species of the genus Haemulon to evaluate the use of lepidology as a taxonomic tool for classifying fishes. The data generated underscored certain phylogenetic trends although species differences were ill-defined. A statistical technique was employed using a ctenius length-width ratio analysis. The statistical inference that Haemulon chrysargyreum and H. striatum may occupy a single infrageneric group supports previously established evidence in this regard.

Extent

33 p.

Comments

Thesis (M.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1974.|Thesis (M.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1974.

Recommended Citation

GOODSPEED, DAVID NASH, "LEPIDOLOGY OF SELECTED SPECIES OF HAEMULON (PISCES: POMADASYIDAE): A MORPHOLOGICAL - STATISTICAL APPROACH TO TAXONOMY" (1974). Electronic Theses and Dissertations 1970 - 1979. 293.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/etd_general_2/293

Identifier

FADT13684

Format

pdf