IJMS-2017v7n20 - page 11

International Journal of Marine Science, 2017, Vol.7, No.20, 188-199
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Color deformities
Albinism
Family: Scatophagidae
Scatophagus argus
, 243 mm TL, 234 mm SL (Figure 8)
The specimen in this category showed incomplete albinism in term of the disappearance of the melanophores was
incomplete and still the natural color of the fish showing underneath a sheen of white coloration. The dark spots
that normally distributed on the body of the fish and the part of the yellow coloration are evident on the body of
the fish. No other anomalies were accompanied this case of partial albinism.
Figure 8
Scatophagus argus
, 243 mm TL, 234 mm SL
Partial melanic pigmentation
Family: Haemulidae
Diagramma pictum
, normal specimen, 385 mm TL, 374 mm SL; abnormal specimen 383 mm TL, 371 mm SL
(Figure 9A; Figure 9B)
Figure 9
Diagramma pictum
; A: normal specimen, 385 mm TL, 374 mm SL; B: abnormal specimen 383 mm TL, 371 mm SL
The specimen of
D. pictum
showed partial melanic pigmentation. There are 4 and 6 dark large and small patches
respectively on the body of the fish. The large patches were located under the spinous part of the dorsal fin, while
1...,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 12,13,14,15,16,17,18
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