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Are melanic coney Cephalopholis fulva getting common?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 May 2011

Thiony Simon ,
Jean-Christophe Joyeux  and
João Luiz Gasparini
Thiony Simon*
Affiliation:
Departamento de Oceanografia e Ecologia, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Avenida Fernando Ferrari, 514, 29075-910, Vitória, ES, Brazil
Jean-Christophe Joyeux
Affiliation:
Departamento de Oceanografia e Ecologia, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Avenida Fernando Ferrari, 514, 29075-910, Vitória, ES, Brazil
João Luiz Gasparini
Affiliation:
Departamento de Oceanografia e Ecologia, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Avenida Fernando Ferrari, 514, 29075-910, Vitória, ES, Brazil
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: T Simon, Departamento de Oceanografia e Ecologia, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Avenida Fernando Ferrari, 514, 29075-910, Vitória, ES, Brazil email: thionysimon@hotmail.com
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Abstract

Here we report the second and third known specimens of Cephalopholis fulva with partial melanic coloration, photographed at Fernando de Noronha Archipelago and Camamu Bay, south-western Atlantic. While the species exhibits a wide range of colorations, the melanic pattern is an aberration only recently reported. Since C. fulva is common within its area of distribution and is of importance to fisheries, increasing records of melanism can either result from higher frequency than previously thought or, alternatively, that this condition is becoming more common.

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colour abnormalitymelanismBrazil

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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 4 , December 2011 , e51
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2011

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