First record of total albinism in southern stingray Dasyatis americana

paperPublished in April 2015

First record of total albinism in southern stingray Dasyatis americana

Armando T. Wakida-Kusunoki

ABSTRACT:

This paper describes the first record of total albinism in the southern stingray Dasyatis americana. The disc width of the albino sub adult female specimen was 640 mm and the total weight was 9,850 g. It was captured in the coast of Tabasco, southeastern Mexico.

Revista de Biología Marina y Oceanografía, Vol. 50, Nº1: 135-139, abril 2015

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