Investigating otolith mass asymmetry in four fish species from Antalya Bay, Mediterranean coast of Türkiye

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Squared coefficient of asymmetry (CV2a) and mean OWe by the size of four teleost species collected from Antalya Bay, Mediterranean coast of Türkiye

Character	CV2a mean + SD	CV2a minimum	CV2a maximum	N	OWe mean (g) + SD	% of individuals with asymmetry
Nemipterus randalli
Females
140–160	0.0181 ± 0.0134	−0.3661	0.3374	3	0.0294	100
161–180	0.0185 ± 0.0139	−0.3662	0.3376	4	0.0349	100
181–200	0.0187 ± 0.0142	−0.3663	0.3378	6	0.0400	100
Males
140–200	0.0178 ± 0.0147	−0.3661	0.3372	13	0.0361	100
201–260	0.0181 ± 0.0156	−0.3663	0.3374	7	0.0550	100
Boops boops
Females
140–200	0.0183 ± 0.0140	−0.3662	0.3367	12	0.0209	100
201–260	0.0185 ± 0.0143	−0.3664	0.3368	6	0.0260	100
Males
140–200	0.0178 ± 0.0141	−0.3655	0.3364	19	0.0201	100
201–260	0.0180 ± 0.0142	−0.3656	0.3365	4	0.0246	100
Scorpaena elongata
Females
140–250	0.0303 ± 0.0456	−0.0255	0.09496	12	0.0570	100
251–400	0.0307 ± 0.0458	−0.0257	0.09498	8	0.0707	100
Males
140–210	0.0307 ± 0.0423	−0.0253	0.0959	11	0.0361	100
211–270	0.0310 ± 0.0431	−0.0256	0.0957	3	0.0767	100
Scorpaena notata
Females
140–250	0.0396 ± 0.0642	−0.0346	0.0768	2	0.0210	100
251–400	0.0398 ± 0.0638	−0.0348	0.0769	11	0.0632	100
Males
140–250	0.0263 ± 0.0257	−0.0512	0.1527	13	0.0341	100
251–400	0.0265 ± 0.0255	−0.0515	0.1534	2	0.0641	100

Squared coefficient of asymmetry (CV2a) value and mean OWe of four teleost fish species collected from Antalya Bay, Mediterranean coast of Türkiye

Character	CV2a mean + SD	CV2a minimum	CV2a maximum	N	OWe mean (g) + SD	% of individuals with asymmetry
Nemipterus randalli
Females	0.0183 ± 0.0148	−0.0253	0.3373	13	0.036 ± 0.009	7.7
Males	0.0181 ± 0.0146	−0.0249	0.3371	20	0.045 ± 0.016	14.3
Boops boops
Females	0.0181 ± 0.0145	−0.0344	0.3370	18	0.025 ± 0.007	27.8
Males	0.0180 ± 0.0143	−0.0510	0.3368	23	0.021 ± 0.005	33.3
Scorpaena elongata
Females	0.0301 ± 0.0417	−0.3662	0.3665	20	0.072 ± 0.026	100
Males	0.0303 ± 0.0420	−0.3660	0.3667	14	0.054 ± 0.021	7.1
Scorpaena notata
Females	0.0397 ± 0.0645	−0.3660	0.3663	13	0.049 ± 0.021	100
Males	0.0362 ± 0.0260	−0.3658	0.3660	15	0.048 ± 0.019	100

Biological data of the four fish species from Antalya Bay, Mediterranean coast of Türkiye

Species	Number of specimens	Fish TL range (average) (mm)	±SD
Nemipterus randalli	33	126–240 (181.45)	5.469
Boops boops	41	138–225 (182.32)	2.449
Scorpaena elongata	34	144–332 (237.65)	4.170
Scorpaena notata	28	139–311 (221.53)	4.545