TY - JOUR
T1 - Skeletal deformity in Balistes polylepis (Balistidae) from the southern Gulf of California, Mexico
AU - Escobar-SÁNCHEZ, Ofelia
AU - Moreno-SÁNCHEZ, Xchel G.
AU - Carrera-FERNÁNDEZ, Maribel
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - The first record of an abnormality in the finescale triggerfish Balistes polylepis is described. In December 2010, a malformed specimen was caught in the southern Gulf of California, Mexico. The abnormality was a skeletal deformation consisting of a reduction in the shape and number of caudal vertebrae. The hypurals were not developed. The cause of finescale triggerfish deformation, who survived weighing approximately 68% less than normal, remained unknown.
AB - The first record of an abnormality in the finescale triggerfish Balistes polylepis is described. In December 2010, a malformed specimen was caught in the southern Gulf of California, Mexico. The abnormality was a skeletal deformation consisting of a reduction in the shape and number of caudal vertebrae. The hypurals were not developed. The cause of finescale triggerfish deformation, who survived weighing approximately 68% less than normal, remained unknown.
KW - Abnormality
KW - Baliste coche
KW - Finescale triggerfish
KW - Tetraodontiformes
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84877126790&partnerID=8YFLogxK
M3 - Artículo de revisión
SN - 0007-9723
VL - 54
SP - 293
EP - 295
JO - Cahiers de Biologie Marine
JF - Cahiers de Biologie Marine
IS - 2
ER -