Wild Siamese-twins in black tip sea catfish, Arius dussumieri (Valencienes, 1840) from Gulf of Oman

Siamese twins represent a condition in which two animals are conjoined to varying degrees. The occu rrence of the phenomenon is well documented in di fferent vertebrate groups (Witschi, 1952). Jussieu (1754) reported the first case among fish (Carassius sp.). It is common in both farmed and wild fis...

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Autores: Al-Jufaily, S M, A Jawad, Llaith, Al-Azi, A N
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2005
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Murcia
Repositorio:DIGITUM. Depósito Digital Institucional de la Universidad de Murcia
OAI Identifier:oai:digitum.um.es:10201/2261
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10201/2261
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Catfish
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CDU::5 - Ciencias puras y naturales::57 - Biología
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Sumario:Siamese twins represent a condition in which two animals are conjoined to varying degrees. The occu rrence of the phenomenon is well documented in di fferent vertebrate groups (Witschi, 1952). Jussieu (1754) reported the first case among fish (Carassius sp.). It is common in both farmed and wild fish stock species (Hulata and Rothbard, 1978, Huang et al., 1987, Roberts, 1989, Bruno, 1990), where in the lat ter; only few cases survive beyond the absorbed yolk sac stage (Gordolla, 1968).