New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research abstracts

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Electrophoretic identification of larval and O-group flounders iRhombosolea spp.) from Wellington Harbour

P. J. Smith

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P. G. Benson

Fisheries Research Division, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, P. O. Box 19062, Wellington, New Zealand

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A. A. Frentzos

Department of Zoology, Victoria University of Wellington, Private Bag, Wellington, New Zealand

Abstract Four enzymes and one protein were tested in starch and cellulose acetate gels as biochemical tags for the separation of flounder (Rhombosolea spp.) larvae and O-groups. Lactate dehydrogenase phenotypes separated O-groups and larvae (longer than about 5 mm) of R. plebeia from R. leporina and R. retiaria. General protein phenotypes separated similar specimens of R. leporina from R. plebeia and R. retiaria. Most Rhombosolea larvae and O-groups caught in Wellington Harbour were R. plebeia.

Keywords Rhombosolea; electrophoresis; larvae; O-group; Wellington Harbour.

New Zealand Journal of Marine & Freshwater Research, 1980, 14(4): 401-404
Received 11 June 1980; revision received 12 September 1980 Fisheries Research Division Publication 424

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