scalimetry

English

Etymology

From scale +‎ -metry.

Noun

scalimetry (uncountable)

  1. The estimation of the age of fish by examination of concentric peaks on their scales
    • 2015 November 12, “When Anthropogenic River Disturbance Decreases Hybridisation between Non-Native and Endemic Cyprinids and Drives an Ecomorphological Displacement towards Juvenile State in Both Species”, in PLOS ONE‎[1], →DOI:
      Age, determined by scalimetry, was used as variable of adjustment for mean size comparisons.
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