Saddleback deformities in yellowfin bream, Acanthopagrus australis (Gunther), from South East Queensland
Saddleback deformities in yellowfin bream, Acanthopagrus australis (Gunther), from South East Queensland
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DOI:
10.1111/jfd.12021
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发表时间:
2013-05-01
影响因子:
2.5
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Diggles, B. K.
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作者:
Diggles, B. K.
Morphological deformities of the skeleton, fins and scales have been recorded from both wild and cultured teleosts. Under natural conditions, the prevalence of deformed fish in the wild is usually very low. However, in aquaculture, the prevalence of deformities can be elevated due to genetic issues with broodstock, gaps in knowledge regarding optimal environmental rearing conditions (including nutrition) and artificially elevated survival rates due to the absence of predation and other natural selective pressures on deformed larval or juvenile fish (Tave, Bartels & Smitherman 1983; Koumoundouros, Divanach & Kentouri 2001; Sfakianakis et al. 2003; Koumoundouros 2008; Witten & Huysseune 2009; Georgakopoulou et al. 2010; Tong et al. 2012). One particular type of skeletal deformity that has been observed in both wild and cultured fish is saddleback syndrome (SBS), which is characterized by deformity or loss of one or more of the hard spines of the dorsal fin, accompanied by abnormality of the shape, number and position of the supporting pterygiophores (Tave et al. 1983; Koumoundouros et al. 2001). SBS can affect a range of teleosts (Tave et al. 1983; Browder et al. 1993; Setiadi et al. 2006; Koumoundouros 2008; Al-Mamry et al. 2010), although members of the family Sparidae appear to be particularly susceptible