On the record of vertebral deformities in Mastacembelus mastacembelus collected from the lower reaches of Euphrates River, Iraq
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https://doi.org/10.20950/1678-2305.2016v42n1p216Keywords:
abnormalities, column, coalescence, marshesAbstract
Severe deformity such as coalescence of vertebrae, compact vertebrae, loss of vertebral parts, and different levels of deformed vertebral centra and minor deformities such as undulation of the haemal spines of the vertebrae are reported in six specimens of Mastacembelus mastacembelus(Family: Mastacembelidae) collected from the lower reaches of Euphrates River, at Nasiria marsh area, Iraq. Several abdominal and caudal vertebrae are involved in this anomaly. Possible causes such as genetic and epigenetic factors may be implicated in this anomaly.
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CHATAIN, B. 1994 Abnormal swimbladder development and lordosis in sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) and sea bream (Sparus auratus). Aquaculture, 119: 371í 379.
COAD, B.W. 1996 Zoogeography of the fishes of the Tigris-Euphrates basin. Zool. Middle East,13: 51-70.
COAD, B.W. 2010 Freshwater fishes of Iraq. -Pensoft Series Faunistica No. 93, 274 pp. Published by Pensoft Publishers, Moscow.
DIVANANCH,P.; BOGLIONE, C.; MENU, B.; KOUMOUDOUROS, G.; KNETOURI, M.; CATAUDELLA, S. 1996 Abnormalities in finfish mariculture: an overview of the problem, causes and solutions. In: Chantain B., Saroglia M., Sweetman J., Lavens P. (eds.), Seabass and seabream culture: Problem and prospects. International Workshop. Verona, Italy. October 16-18, 1996. - European Aquacultural Society, Oostende, Belgium.
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ERSHOV, P.N. 2008 The vertebral abnormalities in eelpout Zoarces viviparous (Linnaeus, 1758) (Pisces, Zoarcidae). Proc. Zool. Inst., RAS 312: 74í 82.
FJELLDAL, P.G.; GLOVER, K.A.; SKAALA, O.; IMSLAND, A.; HANSEN, T.J. 2009 Vertebral body mineralization and deformities in cultured Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.): Effects of genetics and off-season smolt production. Aquaculture, 296: 36-44.
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GAVAIA, P.J.; DOMINIQUES, S.; ENGROLA, S.; DRAKE, P.; SARASQUETE, C.; DINIS, M.T.; CANCELA, M.L. 2009 Comparing skeletal development of wild and hatchery-reared Senegalese sole (Solease negalensis, Kaup 1858): evaluation in larval and postlarval stages. Aquaculture Research, 40: 1585-1593.
ISHIKAWA, Y. 1990 Development of caudal structures of a morphogenetic mutant (Da) in the teleost fish medaka (Oryzias latipes).J. Morphol., 205: 219í 232.
JAWAD, L.; SADIGZADEH, Z.; SALARPOURI, A.; AGHOUZBENI, S. 2013 Anal fin deformity in the longfin trevally, Carangoides armatus.Korean J. Ichthyol., 25: 169-172.
JAWAD, L.A.; KOUSHA, A.; SAMBRAUS, F.; FJELLDAL, P.G. 2014 On the record of pug-headedness in cultured Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar Linnaeus, 1758 (Salmoniformes, Salmonidae) from Norway. J. Appl. Ichthyol., 30: 537-539.
LOUIZ, I.; MENIF, D.; BEN-ATTIA, M.; BEM-HASSINE, O.K. 2007 Incidencedês déformations squelettiques chez troisespí¨ces de Gobiidae de lalagune de Bizerte (Tunisie).Cybium, 31: 199-206.
WITTEN, P.E.; OBACH, A.; HUYSSEUNE, A.; BAEVERFJORD, G. 2006 Vertebrae fusion in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar): development, aggravation and pathways of containment. Aquaculture, 258: 164í 172.
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