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.