Meristic and morphometric variation in the silver perch, Leiopotherapon plumbeus (Kner, 1864), from three lakes in the Philippines

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This work was supported by the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC), Aquaculture Department, Binangonan Freshwater Station; the Department of Agriculture - Bureau of Agricultural Research (DA-BAR); University of the Philippines, Diliman, Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Development (UP-OVCRD), through Project Grant No. 000109 TSN; the National Research Council of the Philippines (NRCP); and, the UP Diliman, Institute of Biology. We would like also to thank Dr. Ernelea P. Cao of the UP Diliman Natural Sciences Research Institute for her comments and suggestions.