%0 Journal Article %T Comparaci¨®n alom¨¦trica entre los h¨ªbridos yaque pintado (Pseudoplatystoma Fasciatum x Leiarius Marmoratus) y chorrosco (Pseudoplatystoma Fasciatum£¿ x Pimelodus Blochi) (siluriformes: pimelodidae) %A Mateo %A Francisco J. %A L¨®pez Rojas %A H¨¦ctor %J Revista de la Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias %D 2005 %I Universidad Central de Venezuela %X principal component analysis were performed on samples of two hybrids catfish, yaque pintado (pseudoplatystoma fasciatum£¿ x leiarius marmoratus) and chorrosco (pseudoplatystoma fasciatum x pimelodus blochi) for determining morphological differences and similarities. the truss network proposed by£¿ strauss and bookstein (1982) was used to obtain 20 morphometric distance measurements for determining multivariate allometric coefficients (mac) using£¿ principal component analysis.£¿ jackknife resampling was used to evaluate differences between the allometric coefficients of the hybrids. 9 of£¿ these measurements were statistically different (p < 0.05) and the rest do not showed significant differences£¿ (p >0.05). the methods and analysis used show each of the£¿ hybrids (yaque pintado and£¿ chorrosco) has similar growth trajectories. %K bagre %K biometry %K pseudoplatystoma fasciatum %K leiarius marmoratus. %U http://www.scielo.org.ve/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0258-65762005000200005&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en