SADDLEBACK SYNDROME IN WILD SILVER POMFRET, Pampus argenteus (EUPHRASEN, 1788) (FAMILY: STROMATIDAE) FROM THE ARABIAN GULF COASTS OF OMAN

Autor: Juma Al-Mamry, L. A. Jawad
Jazyk: English<br />Croatian
Rok vydání: 2012
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Zdroj: Croatian Journal of Fisheries, Vol 70, Iss 3, Pp 135-142 (2012)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1330-061X
1848-0586
Popis: The saddleback syndrome is recorded for the second time in a wild fish population of the Arabian Sea coasts of Oman. The deformed specimens of Pampus argenteus present a typical saddleback phenotype of missing dorsal fin pterygiophores. The possible causative agents of the saddleback syndrome in fishes are discussed.
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