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Three New Records of Partial Albinism in American Hetersomata
Author(s) -
Dawson C. E.
Publication year - 1967
Publication title -
transactions of the american fisheries society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.696
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1548-8659
pISSN - 0002-8487
DOI - 10.1577/1548-8659(1967)96[400:tnropa]2.0.co;2
Subject(s) - albinism , osteology , zoology , biology , paralichthys , flatfish , fish <actinopterygii> , fishery , genetics
Three instances of partial albinism associated with one or more additional anomalies are described for the flatfish species Paralichthys lethostigma and Pseudopleuronectes americanus. An osteological abnormality in an albinistic Trinectes maculatus is noted and some possible causes of partial albinism in heterosomates are discussed.