First record of albinism in the great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias (Linnaeus, 1758)

South African Journal of Science

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 243-244

  Smale, M J ^a   Heemstra, P C ^a,b  

^a PORT ELIZABETH MUSEUM   (South Africa)

^b JLB Smith Institute of Ichthyology   (South Africa)

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