%0 Journal Article
%T SADDLEBACK SYNDROME IN WILD SILVER POMFRET, Pampus argenteus (EUPHRASEN, 1788) (FAMILY: STROMATIDAE) FROM THE ARABIAN GULF COASTS OF OMAN
%A L. A. Jawad
%A Juma Al-Mamry
%J Ribarstvo : Croatian Journal of Fisheries
%D 2012
%I University of Zagreb & Croatian Ichthyological Society
%X The saddleback syndrome is recorded for the second time in a wild fish population of the Arabian Sea coasts of Oman. The deformed specimens of Pampus argenteus present a typical saddleback phenotype of missing dorsal fin pterygiophores. The possible causative agents of the saddleback syndrome in fishes are discussed.
%K fin abnormality
%K saddleback syndrome
%K causes
%K arabian gulf
%K oman
%U http://ribarstvo.agr.hr/articles/75231_SADDLEBACK_SYNDROME_IN_WILD_SILVER_POMFRET_Pampus_argenteus_(EUPHRASEN_1788)_(FAMILY_STROMATIDAE)_FROM_THE_ARABIAN_GULF_COASTS__en.pdf