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First record of pughead deformity in Myrichthys ocellatus (Ophichthidae) and Ephinephelus marginatus (Epinephelidae)
Author(s) -
Grimaldi Guido De Gregório,
Bertoncini Áthila Andrade
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of applied ichthyology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.392
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1439-0426
pISSN - 0175-8659
DOI - 10.1111/jai.14191
Subject(s) - biology , fish <actinopterygii> , fishery , zoology , population , ecology , demography , sociology
Pugheadness has being recorded in a wide variety of fish families on both natural and non‐natural environments, though encountering pughead fish in wild population is rare. Here, we present two new records of pugheadness in the wild, for Myrichthys ocellatus (Ophichthidae), and for Epinephelus marginatus (Epinephelidae). An up to date compilation of the 39 published pugheadness in fish is presented. We believe that with the advancement of information and communication technology in social networks, more records of deformities in fish species will show up through the lenses of citizen science.

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