Ana Luisa Vidaurri-Sotelo
CRIP-Manzanillo, INP. Playa Ventanas s/n. Manzanillo, Colima, 28200, Mexico
Rene Macias-Zamora
CRIP-Manzanillo, INP. Playa Ventanas s/n. Manzanillo, Colima, 28200, Mexico
Manuel Gallardo Cabello
Instituto de Ciencias del Mary Limnologia, UNAM, Apartado Postal 70-305, C.P. 04510, Mexico
ABSTRACT
An albino sailfish (Istiophorus platypterus), with 224 cm of total length was captured with a longline, 35 miles off Punta Campos, Colima, Mexico. This is the first albinism case reported for sailfish in the coasts of Mexico.
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Ana Luisa Vidaurri-Sotelo, Rene Macias-Zamora and Manuel Gallardo Cabello, 2005. Albinism in Sailfish (Istiophorus platypterus) Found in the Coast of Colima, Mexico. Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences, 8: 669-671.
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2005.669.671
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=pjbs.2005.669.671
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2005.669.671
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=pjbs.2005.669.671