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Sexual dimorphism in the fish Dormitator maculatus (Teleosti: Eleotridae) from Alvarado Lagoon, Veracruz, Mexico

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The shape of the urogenital papilla is used to visually determine the sexual dimorphism of Dormitator maculatus. However, it is occasionally not possible to determine this in practice. The objective of the present study was to propose and statistically validate other morphometric measures to fulfill this same purpose. The analysis was designed on the basis of a group of previously identified adults with urogenital papilla. It was found that the most useful morphometric measures are related to the size and weight of the species. The dorsal fins and the geometric structure of the head were also recommended as morphometric measures. The males are larger in size, they are robust with the fin 1DFL longer compared to the 2DFL fin and have a broad, elongated head. Females are smaller in size, slightly robust, with longer 2DFL fins compared to 1DFL fins, and have slender, not elongated heads. In the Alvarado lagoon, sexual differentiation in D. maculatus is important due to the selective exploitation of its gonads (mainly on females). For this reason, and to avoid errors in the identification of females for protection purposes, the results obtained are a viable alternative.

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Acknowledgements

We thank the National Technological Institute of Mexico (TecNM) for financial support to the project “Biological and biochemical characterization of Dormitator maculatus (Bloch, 1792) of the Alvarado lagoon, Veracruz” directed by Prof. Itzel Galaviz. We also thank the Universidad del Mar (UMAR) for statistical support, the Technological Institute of Boca del Rio, and the National Commission of Science and Technology of Mexico (CONACYT) for the doctoral grant 269154. We thank Derek J. Brockett (UMAR) and anonymous reviewers for comments that significantly improved the final version, and we also thank Jorge Alberto Dávila Montaño and Luis José Ortiz-Martinez, for the illustration of D. maculatus and the area study map, respectively.

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This work was support for National Technological of Mexico (TecNM), by the Scientific and Technological Research granting funding for the research project “Biological and biochemical characterization of Dormitator maculatus (Bloch, 1792) of the Alvarado lagoon, Veracruz” (Code 6033.17-P).

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    Claudia A. Dávila-Camacho, Itzel Galaviz-Villa, María del Refugio Castañeda-Chávez, Fabiola Lango-Reynoso & Magnolia G. Salcedo-Garduño

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All authors contributed to the study conception and design. Material preparation, data collection, and analysis were performed by CADC, IGV, and PC-H. The first draft of the manuscript was written by CADC, and all authors commented on previous versions of the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Dávila-Camacho, C.A., Galaviz-Villa, I., Cervantes-Hernández, P. et al. Sexual dimorphism in the fish Dormitator maculatus (Teleosti: Eleotridae) from Alvarado Lagoon, Veracruz, Mexico. Zoomorphology 142, 77–86 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00435-022-00582-4

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