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Record of an anomalous embryo of Rhinobatos percellens (Elasmobranchii: Rhinobatidae) in the southern coast of Brazil

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 March 2009

Hugo Bornatowski  and
Vinícius Abilhoa
Hugo Bornatowski*
Affiliation:
Grupo de Pesquisas em Ictiofauna (GPIc), Museu de História Natural Capão da Imbuia (MHNCI), Prefeitura de Curitiba, Rua Prof. Benedito Conceição, 407, 82810-080, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil Pós-Graduação em Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Caixa Postal 19020, 81531-980, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
Vinícius Abilhoa
Affiliation:
Grupo de Pesquisas em Ictiofauna (GPIc), Museu de História Natural Capão da Imbuia (MHNCI), Prefeitura de Curitiba, Rua Prof. Benedito Conceição, 407, 82810-080, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
*
Corresponding should be addressed to: H. Bornatowski, Grupo de Pesquisas em Ictiofauna (GPIc), Museu de História Natural Capão da Imbuia (MHNCI), Prefeitura de Curitiba, Rua Prof. Benedito Conceição, 407, 82810-080, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil email: anequim.bio@gmail.com
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Abstract

An adult female of the guitarfish Rhinobatos percellens with a total length of 550 mm was captured with a bottom trawl net on the southern coast of Brazil. This female bore five developing embryos, one of which had two heads and pectoral fins separated from the heads. This malformation is described here as the first instance for R. percellens.

Keywords

guitarfishreproductionteratogeny
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Research Article
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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 2 , January 2009 , e36
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2009

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