MORPHOMETRIC INDICATORS AS GENDER CLASSIFICATION CRITERION OF LENA STURGEON REPLACEMENT ? SPAWNING SCHOOL WITHIN ONE GENERATION

Research on basis of six- and eight-year-old Lena sturgeon valuation, bred in the farmstead Public limited company “Experimental Fishery Co-Op “Selets” and in the fish-breeding center Chashnikskij ММС “Experimental Fishery Novolukomlskij” was conducted. As a result regularities in morphometric indicators were revealed. The possibility of gender classification of replacement ? spawning school within one generation by means of main morphometric indicators measurement was established. It was noticed that animal units distinguished by maximal characteristics within one selection are females.