Acta Adriatica, Vol. 47 No. 2, 2006.
Original scientific paper
Atypical characteristics of an albino embryo of Carcharhinus plumbeus (Chondrichthyes: Carcharhinidae) from the Gulf of Gabès (southern Tunisia, central Mediterranean)
Béchir SAÏDI
Mohamed Nejmeddine BRADAÏ
Sondes MAROUANI
Olivier GUÉLORGET
Christian CAPAPÉ
Abstract
An abnormal partially-albino embryo with atypical characteristics was removed from a pregnant female sandbar shark, Carcharhinus plumbeus, caught in the Gulf of Gabès in southern Tunisian, central Mediterranean. The specimen is described and atypical characteristics and albinism in shark species is reviewed.
Keywords
Chondrichtyes; Carcharhinidae; Carcharhinus plumbeus; atypical characteristics; albinism; Gulf of Gabès; southern Tunisia; central Mediterranean
Hrčak ID:
8508
URI
Publication date:
1.12.2006.
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