Pigmentación anómala en delfín oscuro Lagenorhynchus obscurus del Golfo Nuevo, Patagonia Argentina
Abstract: Anomalous pigmentation conditions occur with low frequency in marine mammals. Here is presented the first known record and resighting of a hypo-pigmented all-white dusky dolphin from Golfo Nuevo off Península Valdés, Argentinian Patagonia. The anomalously pigmented Lagenorhynchus obscurus was observed three times between 2016 and 2018. Images suggest that this could be a case of a leucistic dusky dolphin, apparently a single individual. The hypo-pigmented individual was estimated to have reached adult body size, and was probably sexually mature. More research is required for a proper understanding of the effect on behavioral, ecological and physiological conditions.
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| Language: | Spanish / Castilian |
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Universidad de Valparaíso. Facultad de Ciencias del Mar
2023
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-19572023000200116 |
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