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TY - JOUR
T1 - First record of partial albinism in the critically endangered Angelshark ( Squatina squatina ) (Linnaeus, 1758)
AU - Jimenez‐Alvarado, David
AU - Meyers, Eva
AU - Guerra‐Marrero, Airam
AU - Espino‐Ruano, Ana
AU - Couce‐Montero, Lorena
AU - Barker, Joanna
AU - Sealey, Michael
AU - Toledo, Héctor
AU - Caro, Belén
AU - Pike, Charlotte
AU - Jacoby, David M.P.
AU - Mead, Lucy
AU - Castro, José J.
PY - 2023/8/31
Y1 - 2023/8/31
N2 - AbstractWe report the first case of partial albinism in the Critically Endangered angelshark, Squatina squatina. The encounter with this specimen took place while SCUBA diving on the beach of Tufia, located on the east coast of the island of Gran Canaria on 2 April 2021. This is also the first confirmed finding of an albino elasmobranch specimen in the Canary Island archipelago.
AB - AbstractWe report the first case of partial albinism in the Critically Endangered angelshark, Squatina squatina. The encounter with this specimen took place while SCUBA diving on the beach of Tufia, located on the east coast of the island of Gran Canaria on 2 April 2021. This is also the first confirmed finding of an albino elasmobranch specimen in the Canary Island archipelago.
KW - chondrichthyans
KW - Canary Islands
KW - genetic alteration
KW - shark
KW - achromia
U2 - 10.1111/jfb.15429
DO - 10.1111/jfb.15429
M3 - Journal article
VL - 103
SP - 439
EP - 442
JO - Journal of Fish Biology
JF - Journal of Fish Biology
SN - 0022-1112
IS - 2
ER -