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- Title
FIRST RECORD OF A SINGLE-CLASPER SPECIMEN OF PSEUDOBATOS PERCELLENS (ELASMOBRANCHII: RHINOPRISTIFORMES: RHINOBATIDAE) FROM THE CARIBBEAN SEA, VENEZUELA.
- Authors
EHEMANN, Nicolás R.; del V. GONZÁLEZ-GONZÁLEZ, Lorem
- Abstract
Documented cases of abnormalities in elasmobranchs worldwide are more often reported for sharks than their close relatives, the skates and rays. This report confirms the occurrence of a chola guitarfish, Pseudobatos percellens (Walbaum, 1792), caught off Margarita Island, Venezuela, showing morphological abnormalities on the right side of the body, including the absence of one clasper. This is the first record of an anomalous singleclasper case in the Caribbean Sea region.
- Subjects
CARIBBEAN Sea; MARGARITA Island (Venezuela); CLASPER (Anatomy); CHONDRICHTHYES; GUITARFISHES
- Publication
Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria, 2018, Vol 48, Issue 3, p235
- ISSN
0137-1592
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3750/AIEP/02341