Ambicoloration and morphological aberration in the sole Achirus declivis (Pleuronectiformes: Achiridae) and two other cases of color abnormalities in achirid soles from southeastern Brazil

Neotropical Ichthyology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 287-290

  Macieira, Raphael Mariano ^a   Joyeux, Jean Christophe ^a   Chagas, Leandro Pereira ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ESPÍRITO SANTO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Abnormal eye rotation; Flatfishes; Hypermelanosis; Hypomelanosis; Malformation

Indexed keywords

ACHIRIDAE; ACHIRUS; ACHIRUS DECLIVIS; ACHIRUS LINEATUS; PLEURONECTIFORMES; SOLEIDAE;

EID: 33847324102     PISSN: 16796225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1679-62252006000200016     Document Type: Article

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