01718nas a2200217   4500008004100000245012000041210006900161260001200230300001200242490000700254520094900261653002501210653003201235653001801267653002101285653001101306653001501317100001601332700001901348856013301367       1998                        eng d00aMorphometric comparative analysis of pharyngeal bones of the genus <i>Scardinius </i>(Pisces: Cyprinidae) in Greece0 aMorphometric comparative analysis of pharyngeal bones of the gen  c1998///  a923-9410 v323 aMorphometric data have long been used in the classification of different fish species. This paper presents the first morphometric study of the pharyngeal bones and teeth of three species of freshwater fish of the genus Scardinius from Greece. Two of the species, S. graecus Stephanidis, 1937 and S. acarnanicus Stephanidis, 1939, are endemic to Greece and one, S. erythrophthalmus (Linnaeus, 1758), is widely distributed in Europe as well. Morphometric data were collected from individual fish with regard to pharyngeal bone and teeth measurements and external body measurements. Discriminant function analysis was used, showing that the pharyngeal bone measurements could be used to successfully discriminate different species with identical tooth type and tooth formulae within the same genus. The results of separate discriminant function analyses on (1) pharyngeal bones and their teeth, versus (2) external body measurements are discussed.10aComparative analysis10aEndemic Greek cyprinid fish10amorphometrics10aPharyngeal bones10aPisces10aScardinius1 aIliadou, K.1 aAnderson, M.J.  uhttps://icgf.myspecies.info/content/morphometric-comparative-analysis-pharyngeal-bones-genus-scardinius-pisces-cyprinidae-greece