First record of albinism in gafftopsail catfish Bagre marinus (Pisces: Ariidae) from southeast Mexico
This paper describes the first record of albinism in the gafftopsail catfish, Bagre marinus, on the coast of Tabasco, Mexico. The standard length of the albino specimen was 311 mm and the gutted weight was 962 g. It is not only the first record of albinism of the Bagre genus, but of any kind of fish in the southeastern Gulf of Mexico.
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| Language: | English |
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Universidad de Valparaíso. Facultad de Ciencias del Mar
2013
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-19572013000100019 |
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| Summary: | This paper describes the first record of albinism in the gafftopsail catfish, Bagre marinus, on the coast of Tabasco, Mexico. The standard length of the albino specimen was 311 mm and the gutted weight was 962 g. It is not only the first record of albinism of the Bagre genus, but of any kind of fish in the southeastern Gulf of Mexico. |
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