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- Title
ANOMALOUS COLOURATION OF A STARRY WEEVER, TRACHINUS RADIATUS (ACTINOPTERYGII: PERCIFORMES: TRACHINIDAE), FROM THE ADRIATIC SEA.
- Authors
STAGLIČIĆ, Nika; DRAGIČEVIĆ, Branko; ŽUŽUL, Iva; ŠEGVIĆ-BUBIĆ, Tanja
- Abstract
The record of abnormally pigmented starry weever, Trachinus radiatus Cuvier, 1829, is described. The specimen was caught in Nature Park Lastovo archipelago, eastern Adriatic Sea, and displayed an overall lack of usual dark brown pigmentation. The skin was marked by a predominance of yellow to red pigments corresponding with a rare colour anomaly condition of xanthochromism. Due to the unusual appearance of the specimen, we used molecular methods for proper identification of the species. This seems to be the first documented record of xanthochromism in the family Trachinidae.
- Subjects
PERCIFORMES; NATURE parks; SEAS; ANIMAL coloration
- Publication
Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria, 2019, Vol 49, Issue 1, p177
- ISSN
0137-1592
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3750/AIEP/02464