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Rare record of albino catfish, Arius caelaltus landed at Mumbai

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Title Rare record of albino catfish, Arius caelaltus landed at Mumbai
 
Creator Das, Thakur
Chavan, B B
Sundaram, Sujit
 
Subject Demersal Fishes
Cat Fishes
 
Description Albinism is due to gene mutations that affect
the production of normal pigmentation.True albino,
or amelanistic animals lack melanin and are
white with no markings and with unpigmented
pink eyes.On such case of albinism was observed in a
male catfish Arius caelatus landed at New
Ferry Wharf on 4.4.06 by a trawler.
 
Publisher CENTRAL MARINE FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE, KOCHI
 
Date 2006
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/3788/1/Article11.pdf
Das, Thakur and Chavan, B B and Sundaram, Sujit (2006) Rare record of albino catfish, Arius caelaltus landed at Mumbai. Marine Fisheries Information Service, Technical and Extension Series, 188. pp. 21-22.