Saddleback Deformities in Fish Species Collected from the Arabian Gulf Coast of Jubail City, Saudi Arabia


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Abstract

The saddleback syndromes were observed in several commercial fishes obtained from Saudi Arabian coast of the Arabian Gulf. These deformities resulting in missing dorsal spines or rays, sometimes accompanied by a depression in the dorsal profile, were found in ten fish species from seven families. Other morphological abnormalities such as scale disturbances, lateral line deformity, and kyphosis, the presence of a lesion, slight ambicoloration, and supraneural deformities accompanying the saddleback deformity were also observed. The occurrence of similar deformities across such a spectrum of fishes from the same location suggests that the abnormalities were induced by something in the environment common to all these species.

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L. A. Jawad

Flat Bush

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Email: laith_jawad@hotmail.com
New Zealand, Manukau, Auckland

M. Ibrahim

Ministry of Agriculture

Email: laith_jawad@hotmail.com
Saudi Arabia, Fish Welfare Branch, El-Jubail Province

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