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| Title: | First record of partial albinism in the critically endangered Angelshark (Squatina squatina) (Linnaeus, 1758) | Authors: | Jiménez-Alvarado, David Meyers, Eva Guerra Marrero, Airam Espino Ruano, Ana Couce Montero, Lorena Barker, Joanna Sealey, Michael Toledo, Héctor Caro, Belén Pike, Charlotte Jacoby, David M.P. Mead, Lucy Castro, José J. |
UNESCO Clasification: | 2401 Biología animal (zoología) | Keywords: | Achromia Canary Islands Chondrichthyans Genetic alteration Shark |
Issue Date: | 2023 | Journal: | Journal of Fish Biology | Abstract: | We report the first case of partial albinism in the Critically Endangered angelshark,Squatina squatina. The encounter with this specimen took place while SCUBA divingon the beach of Tufia, located on the east coast of the island of Gran Canaria on2 April 2021. This is also the first confirmed finding of an albino elasmobranchspecimen in the Canary Island archipelago. | URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10553/124464 | ISSN: | 0022-1112 (ISSN) ; 1095-8649 1095-8649 (eISSN) | DOI: | 10.1111/jfb.15429 | Source: | Journal of Fish Biology [0022-1112 (ISSN) ; 1095-8649 1095-8649 (eISSN)], v. 103, Issue 2, p. 439-442. 2023 |
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