First record of albinism in the swell shark, Cephaloscyllium ventriosum (Elasmobranchii: Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae)
We report the first record of albinism in the swell shark, Cephaloscyllium ventriosum (Garman, 1880). The specimen was caught off the southern part of the Baja California Peninsula, Mexico. The shark had no skin pigmentation and golden-coloured eyes. The pigmentation of its eyes may be related to th...
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| author | E.E. Becerril-García E. Tamburin R. González-Armas F. Galván-Magaña |
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| description | We report the first record of albinism in the swell shark, Cephaloscyllium ventriosum (Garman, 1880). The specimen was caught off the southern part of the Baja California Peninsula, Mexico. The shark had no skin pigmentation and golden-coloured eyes. The pigmentation of its eyes may be related to the previously reported presence of ocular pigments that are different from melanin, and thus not affected by albinism. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3479834715ce4c24b5a756c75107896c2022-12-22T00:33:45ZengPensoft PublishersActa Ichthyologica et Piscatoria1734-15152017-06-0147220120410.3750/AIEP/0217526703First record of albinism in the swell shark, Cephaloscyllium ventriosum (Elasmobranchii: Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae)E.E. Becerril-GarcíaE. TamburinR. González-ArmasF. Galván-MagañaWe report the first record of albinism in the swell shark, Cephaloscyllium ventriosum (Garman, 1880). The specimen was caught off the southern part of the Baja California Peninsula, Mexico. The shark had no skin pigmentation and golden-coloured eyes. The pigmentation of its eyes may be related to the previously reported presence of ocular pigments that are different from melanin, and thus not affected by albinism.https://aiep.pensoft.net/article/26703/download/pdf/mutationachromaticmelaninrhodopsinschrysop |
| spellingShingle | E.E. Becerril-García E. Tamburin R. González-Armas F. Galván-Magaña First record of albinism in the swell shark, Cephaloscyllium ventriosum (Elasmobranchii: Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae) Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria mutation achromatic melanin rhodopsins chrysop |
| title | First record of albinism in the swell shark, Cephaloscyllium ventriosum (Elasmobranchii: Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae) |
| title_full | First record of albinism in the swell shark, Cephaloscyllium ventriosum (Elasmobranchii: Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae) |
| title_fullStr | First record of albinism in the swell shark, Cephaloscyllium ventriosum (Elasmobranchii: Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae) |
| title_full_unstemmed | First record of albinism in the swell shark, Cephaloscyllium ventriosum (Elasmobranchii: Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae) |
| title_short | First record of albinism in the swell shark, Cephaloscyllium ventriosum (Elasmobranchii: Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae) |
| title_sort | first record of albinism in the swell shark cephaloscyllium ventriosum elasmobranchii carcharhiniformes scyliorhinidae |
| topic | mutation achromatic melanin rhodopsins chrysop |
| url | https://aiep.pensoft.net/article/26703/download/pdf/ |
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