Vertebral deformities in hardhead catfish Ariopsis felis (Siluriformes: Ariidae) in the southeastern Mexico

• Autores: Armando T Wakida-Kusunoki, Luis Enrique Amador del Ángel
• Localización: Revista de biología marina y oceanografía, ISSN 0718-1957, ISSN-e 0717-3326, Vol. 52, Nº. 1, 2017, págs. 159-162
• Idioma: inglés
• Títulos paralelos:
  • Deformidades vertebrales en el bagre Ariopsis felis (Siluriformes: Ariidae) en el sureste de México
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  • On 2 July, 2014 in the docking of the Copesmar fishing cooperative in Frontera, Tabasco, Mexico, an Ariopsis felis specimen was captured, which displayed kyphosis and scoliosis of the vertebral column, diagnosed by high resolution X-ray. This is the first report of axial skeleton deformities in the genus Ariopsis.