Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria 47(2): 201-204, doi: 10.3750/AIEP/02175
First record of albinism in the swell shark, Cephaloscyllium ventriosum (Elasmobranchii: Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae)
E.E. Becerril-García, E. Tamburin, R. González-Armas, F. Galván-MagañaCorresponding author: E.E. Becerril-García © E.E. Becerril-García, E. Tamburin, R. González-Armas, F. Galván-Magaña. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Citation:
Becerril-García E, Tamburin E, González-Armas R, Galván-Magaña F (2017) First record of albinism in the swell shark, Cephaloscyllium ventriosum (Elasmobranchii: Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae). Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria 47(2): 201-204. https://doi.org/10.3750/AIEP/02175 |  |
Abstract
We report the first record of albinism in the swell shark, Cephaloscyllium ventriosum (Garman, 1880). The specimen was caught off the southern part of the Baja California Peninsula, Mexico. The shark had no skin pigmentation and golden-coloured eyes. The pigmentation of its eyes may be related to the previously reported presence of ocular pigments that are different from melanin, and thus not affected by albinism.
Keywords
mutation, achromatic, melanin, rhodopsins, chrysopsins