Radiography as Taxonomical Instrument to Compare Between Some Fish Species of Three Local Families Cyprinidae and Cichlidae and Mastacembelidae

Abstract

The current study is an attempt to use the technology of radiography to diagnose three species of Iraqi local fish , Cyprinidae and Cichlidae and Mastacembelidae  and to compare and distinguish between these three families by using the technology of radiography of the skeleton of each species and utilizing this technology for classification and diagnosis studies of fish.

Keywords: Diagnosis , Local fish , Osteology  , Radiography , Skeleton