First record of albinism in the smooth dogfish Mustelus Schimitti Springer, 1939 (Carcharhiniformes - Triakidae) from Southern Brazil

This paper reports on a subadult male specimen of the smooth dogfish, Mustelus schimitti, caught in the continental shelf of Rio Grande Sul, during winter of 1993, which exhibited the characteristics of total albinism.<br>Este trabalho registra a primeira ocorrência de albinismo total no cação...

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Main Authors: Simone Ferreira Teixeira, Maria Lúcia Góes de Araújo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Tecnologia do Paraná (Tecpar) 2002-06-01
Series:Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132002000200017