Abnormalities in two shark species, the blue shark, Prionace glauca, and the school shark, Galeorhinus galeus (Elasmobranchii: Carcharhiniformes), from the Canary Islands, Eastern tropical Atlantic.

A total of six abnormal embryos of shark species, five blue shark, Prionace glauca (Linnaeus, 1758), and one school shark, Galeorhinus galeus (Linnaeus, 1758), are herewith reported from the Canary Islands (eastern central Atlantic). Two P. glauca embryos showed two totally separated heads on one tr...

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Autores: Ramírez-Amaro, Sergio, Fernández-Peralta, Lourdes, Serna, Fernando, Puerto-González, Miguel Ángel
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/325845
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/325845
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Pesquerías
bicephalism
Sede Central IEO
Canary Islands
diprosopia
Galeorhinus galeus
Prionace glauca
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Sumario:A total of six abnormal embryos of shark species, five blue shark, Prionace glauca (Linnaeus, 1758), and one school shark, Galeorhinus galeus (Linnaeus, 1758), are herewith reported from the Canary Islands (eastern central Atlantic). Two P. glauca embryos showed two totally separated heads on one trunk (bicephalism), while the other three embryos had a single head with some duplicated parts, such as the mouth or the eyes (diprosopia). Galeorhinus galeus embryo showed cephalic abnormalities. Possible causes of these abnormalities are briefly discussed.