Multivariate analyses of the biometric features from Philippine sardines - Implications for the phylogenetic relationships of the freshwater Sardinella tawilis (Teleostei, Clupeomorpha)

• Main Authors: Samonte, I. E., Canlas, Rachel Ann S., Alvia, Kenneth Marvin S., Carvajal, T., Pagulayan, R. C.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2009
• Subjects: Sardinella > Philippines—Identification > Taal Lake; Hierarchical clustering (Cluster analysis); Multivariate analysis; Biology
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/2304
• Institution: De La Salle University

Philippine sardines are members of the commercially important Sardinella genus (Family Clupeidae). Sardines are mostly marine species with a very few exception like the Philippine freshwater sardine, Sardinella tawilis, of Lake Taal. This species is believed to have immigrated from Balayan Bay some...