Partial albinism in an embryo of the blacktip shark from the eastern Pacific

paper3Published in March 2015

Partial albinism in an embryo of the blacktip shark, Carcharhinus limbatus (Carcharhinidae: Chondrichthyes) from the eastern Pacific

Francisco Sancho-Vazquez, Luis Fernando Del Moral-Flores, Oscar Uriel Mendoza-Vargas

ABSTRACT:

A record of a male blacktip shark embryo, Carcharhinus limbatus, showing partial albinism is reported.
The specimen was caught off the Mexican coastal waters of the eastern Pacific.

Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research, 43(1): 274-276, DOI: 10.3856/vol43-issue1-fulltext-25

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