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Cybium,
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NOTE ICHTYOLOGIQUE First
report of a totally ambicoloured Patagonian flounder Paralichthys patagonicus
(Paralichthyidae) with dorsal fin anomalies Juan M. DÍAZ DE ASTARLOA (1), Rita RICO (2) & Marcelo ACHA (1, 2) (1) Departamento
de Ciencias Marinas, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad
Nacional de Mar del Plata, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas
y Técnicas (CONICET), Funes 3350, B7602AYL Mar del Plata, ARGENTINA.
Abstract.
- The first record of totally ambicoloured Paralichthys patagonicus
is reported for a specimen taken in Argentine waters off Necochea (38¼37S-58¼50W).
The specimen also has anomalous development of the dorsal fin and incomplete
migration of the right eye. This finding is third record of ambicoloration
in a species of Paralichthys occurring in southwestern Atlantic
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