A Comparison of the Differences in Some Cranial Bones of Two Species Common Carp Cyprinus Carpio and the Common Tilapia Coptodon Zillii

Abstract

This study attempts to identify some of the differences between two species Common Carp, Cyprinus carpio, and Common Tilapia, Coptodon zillii, by studying some of the characteristics of their cranial bones as an analytical and taxonomic study of two types of species that belong to two different types of fish, which are most common in the Iraqi aquatic environment.