Morphologic and morphometric analysis of the otoliths: sagitta, asteriscus and lapillus of istiophorus platypterus (perciformes: istiophoridae) in the mexican pacificcoast
In the present study morphologic and morphometric analysis is carried out for the first time in the three pairs of otoliths of the sailfish Istiophorus platypterus (Shaw 1792): sagittae, asterisci and lapilli. Samples were obtained during a period that covers the years from 2001 to 2003, in 11 fishing tournaments in different ports of the Central Mexican Pacific, and in 6 fishing cruises of median size ships. Sagittae of I.