Hypermelanosis on the blind side of Japanese flounder Paralichthys olivaceus is diminished by rearing in a white tank: Short paper

Fisheries Science

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 466-468

  Yamanome, Takeshi ^a   Amano, Masafumi ^b   Amiya, Noriko ^b   Takahashi, Akiyoshi ^b  

^a IWATE FISHERIES TECHNOLOGY CENTER   (Japan)

^b KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Japanese flounder; Non eyed side; Staining; White tank

Indexed keywords

PARALICHTHYS OLIVACEUS; PLEURONECTOIDEI;

EID: 34147100700     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: 14442906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-2906.2007.01356.x     Document Type: Article

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