Monocularism (unilateral anophthalmia) in the Sea Toad (Chaunax abei Le Danois, 1978) from Suruga Bay, Japan

Ahmet Mert Şenbahar; Akira Eto; Masashi Yokota

doi:10.12714/egejfas.41.3.08

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Monocularism (unilateral anophthalmia) in the Sea Toad (Chaunax abei Le Danois, 1978) from Suruga Bay, Japan

Abstract

The first case of monocularism (unilateral anophthalmia) was observed in a single specimen of Chaunax abei (Le Danois, 1978) during the seasonal trawl sampling in Suruga Bay in 2021. This occurrence marks the first reported incident of such an abnormality within the Chaunacid species. The monocularism was evidenced by photographs, and descriptive statistics of morphometric characters were presented.

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Ethical Statement

No specific ethical approval was necessary, and no ethical contraventions occurred in this report.

Thanks

All the results were obtained with help of all availability of the Population Biology Laboratory of Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology. Additionally, we much appreciated the staff of Seishin-Maru trawl vessel for providing the fishes to us.

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English

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Fish Anatomy , Fish Biology

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Ahmet Mert Şenbahar ^*
0000-0001-6613-8932
Japan

Akira Eto
0000-0003-3586-3052
Japan

Masashi Yokota
0000-0002-4121-4115
Japan

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September 2, 2024

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September 15, 2024

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July 6, 2024

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July 26, 2024

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Year 1970 Volume: 41 Number: 3

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https://doi.org/10.12714/egejfas.41.3.08

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Şenbahar, A. M., Eto, A., & Yokota, M. (2024). Monocularism (unilateral anophthalmia) in the Sea Toad (Chaunax abei Le Danois, 1978) from Suruga Bay, Japan. Ege Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 41(3), 226-229. https://doi.org/10.12714/egejfas.41.3.08

Monocularism (unilateral anophthalmia) in the Sea Toad (Chaunax abei Le Danois, 1978) from Suruga Bay, Japan

Monocularism (unilateral anophthalmia) in the Sea Toad (Chaunax abei Le Danois, 1978) from Suruga Bay, Japan

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Kurbağa balığında (Chaunax abei Le Danois, 1978) Suruga Körfezi’ndeki (Japonya) tek gözlülük (tek taraflı anoftalmi)

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