Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Arronte, Juan Carlos
• Antolínez, Ana
• Bañón, Rafael
• Rodríguez‐Gutiérrez, José
• Ortíz, Juan José
• Martínez, Juan Manuel

Titel

First recorded case of leucism in the velvet belly lantern shark Etmopterus spinax (Squaliformes: Etmopteridae)

Ist Teil von

• Journal of applied ichthyology, 2022-07, Vol.38 (4), p.455-461

Ort / Verlag

Berlin: Wiley Subscription Services, Inc

Erscheinungsjahr

2022

Quelle

Wiley Online Library Journals Frontfile Complete

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• The capture of a female specimen of the velvet belly lantern shark Etmopterus spinax with abnormal skin coloration is reported. The specimen was captured off northern Spain (Bay of Biscay, North‐eastern Atlantic) in 2021 by bottom trawling. The lack of dermal melanophores combined with a normal retinal pigmentation, lead us to considerate the specimen as leucistic. This is the first case of leucism in E. spinax and the second record of colour aberration in the family Etmopteridae. A comprehensive updated review of published literature on albinism and leucism in chondrichthyans is also provided.