Publication Date
9-2021
Series Number
317
Publisher
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development
ISBN
978-1-921258-87-9
ISSN
1033-2790
Abstract
Due to the species-specific nature of otoliths and given they are often the only part of the fish preserved when fish die, otolith catalogues can be used in numerous applications, such as diet studies in fish eating animals, including pinnipeds, fish and sea birds; archaeological purposes such as reconstructing indigenous people’s diets from otoliths found in middens or evolutionary history of fish species by comparing fossilized otoliths. Given the unique mixture of subtropical and temperate fish, including many endemic species that occur off the southwest corner of WA having a catalogue for this area is extremely important for people working on identifying otoliths in this region. The catalogued displays up to three individual otoliths from 267 fish species from south-western Australia, representing 20 Orders and 103 Families.
Number of Pages
291
Keywords
Otoliths, Catalogue, Fish, Diet, Western Australia
Disciplines
Aquaculture and Fisheries | Biodiversity | Biology | Demography, Population, and Ecology | Environmental Monitoring | Environmental Studies | Genetics | Marine Biology | Natural Resources and Conservation | Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecology
Recommended Citation
Dowling C.E., Brown J., Lek E. and Smith K.A. 2021. Otoliths of south-western Australian fish: A photographic catalogue. Fisheries Research Report No. 317 Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, Western Australia. 289 pp.
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