fish marking

fish marking
a system involving various methods (fin clipping, colouring, biotelemetry, radioactive markers, tattooing, branding, tagging, etc.), used for individual identification and for studies on movement, growth and other biological parameters

Dictionary of ichthyology. 2009.

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