Future Directions in Research on Skin Spottiness in Rainbow Trout

This book deals with the skin spottiness (dark skin markings) of rainbow trout. It focuses mainly on current advances in the use of machine vision systems to improve the accuracy of their analysis, aiming to measure the level of intraspecific variability and its relationship to the blue dorsal colouration of rainbow trout, as well as to their biometric and reproductive characteristics. This book can be useful for fish farming, given the relevance of this trait to rainbow trout marketing and to biotechnology, as it has the potential to be used as a non-invasive marking method for individual identification. It can also be of interest for researchers, professors, and graduate students with some background knowledge in the skin pigmentation of fish.