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First case of albinism recorded in striped panray Zanobatus schoenleinii (Chondrichthyes: Platyrhinidae) from the coast of Senegal (eastern tropical Atlantic)

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This paper gives the description of a striped panray Zanobatus schoenleinii (Müller and Henle, 1841) presenting the first case of albinism recorded in this species. The specimen was an adult male captured at low depth off the coast of Senegal (eastern tropical Atlantic). Comments on albinism in fishes are provided in this paper, especially all cases reported in batoid species.

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  1. Laboratoire de Biologie Marine, Institut Fondamental d’Afrique noire Cheikh Anta Diop, BP 206, Dakar, Senégal

    Y. Diatta & C. Capapé

  2. Laboratoire interdisciplinaire de Recherche sur la Didactique, l’éducation et la Formation, E. A. 3749, case 77, Université Montpellier II, Sciences et Techniques du Languedoc, 34 095, Montpellier cedex 5, France

    C. Reynaud

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Diatta, Y., Reynaud, C. & Capapé, C. First case of albinism recorded in striped panray Zanobatus schoenleinii (Chondrichthyes: Platyrhinidae) from the coast of Senegal (eastern tropical Atlantic). J. Ichthyol. 53, 1007–1012 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0032945213110118

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