Pothin K. auteur aut IRD Gonzalez Salas C. auteur aut IRD Chabanet Pascale auteur aut IRD Lecomte Finiger R. auteur aut IRD text journalArticle eng text/pdf born digital access Sagittal otoliths of the yellowstripe goatfish Mulloidichthys flavolineatus were analysed in order to compare Reunion Island fish stocks with those of Mauritius (south-west Indian Ocean). Conventional otolith morphometric variables (area, perimeter, length and width), shape indices (form factor, roundness, circularity, rectangularity, ellipticity and eccentricity) and Fourier shape analysis were compared between three sites; two in Reunion Island and one in Mauritius. Regional and site-specific differences were found for all the conventional otolith morphometric features. Regarding the shape indices, the differences between sites were best described by form factor, roundness, circularity and rectangularity. A classification by canonical discriminant analysis indicated significant differences between the three sampling sites. The combined use of morphometric variables (size and shape) and external outlines (shape analysis through Fourier series) showed the importance of otolith shape for intraspecific discrimination. (c) 2006 The Authors. specialized Fourier shape analysis Indian Ocean morphometric variables Mulloidichthys flavolineatus otolith shape indices 034 69 1 38-53 2006 0022-1112 https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010035774 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2006.01047.x 0022-1112 [F B010035774] https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010035774 https://www.documentation.ird.fr/intranet/publi/2006/09/010035774.pdf Accès réservé (Intranet de l'IRD) IRD - Base Horizon / Pleins textes 2006-10-06 2017-08-23 fdi:010035774 fre