First record of partial melanism in the coney Cephalopholis fulva (Perciformes: Epinephelidae)

Simon, Thiony; Joyeux, Jean-Christophe; Macieira, Raphael Mariano

ARAUJO, J. N.; MARTINS, A. S. Age and growth of coney (Cephalopholis fulva), from the central coast of Brazil. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K., v. 86, p. 187–191, 2006.
BOSTROM, M. A.; COLLETTE, B. B.; LUCKHURST, B. E.; REECE, K. S.; GRAVES, J. E. Hybridization between two serranids, the coney (Cephalopholis fulva) and the creole-fish (Paranthias furcifer), at Bermuda. Fish. Bull., v. 100, n. 4, p. 651–661, 2002.
DAHLBERG, M. D. Frequencies of abnormalities in Georgia estuarine fishes. Trans. Amer. Fish. Soc., v. 99, n. 1, p. 95–97, 1970.
DAWSON, C. E. A bibliography of anomalies of fishes. Gulf Res. Rep., v. 1, p. 308–399, 1964.
DAWSON, C. E. A bibliography of anomalies of fishes. Gulf Res. Rep., v. 2, Supplement 1, p. 169–176, 1966.
DAWSON, C. E. A bibliography of anomalies of fishes. Gulf Res. Rep., v. 3, Supplement 2, p. 215–239, 1971.
ELWIN, M. G. Pathological melanosis in an intergeneric hybrid. Nature, v. 179, n. 4572, p. 1254–1255, 1957.
FIGUEIREDO, J. L.; MENEZES, N. A. Manual de peixes marinhos do sudeste do Brasil. V. III (Teleostei 2) São Paulo: Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, 1980. 90 p.
GOULD, G. M.; PYLE, W. L. Anomalies and curiosities of medicine Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders, 1896. 968 p.
HEEMSTRA, P. C.; RANDALL, J. E. Groupers of the world. FAO Fisheries Synopsis Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization, v. 16, n. 125, 1993. 382 p.
HORTH, L. A sex-linked allele, autosomal modifiers and temperature-dependence appear to regulate melanism in male mosquitofish (Gambusia holbrooki). J. expl Biol., v. 209, n. 24, p. 4938–4945, 2006.
HSIAO, S. C. T. Melanosis in the common cod, Gadus callarias L., associated with trematode infection. Biol. Bull., v. 80, p. 37–44, 1941.
KLIPPEL, S.; MARTINS, A. S.; OLAVO, G.; COSTA, P. A. S.; PERES, M. B. Estimativas de desembarque da pesca de linha na costa central do Brasil (estados do Espírito Santo e Bahia) para um ano padrão (1997–2000). In: COSTA, P. A. S.; MARTINS, A. S.; OLAVO, G. (Ed.). Pesca e potenciais de exploração de recursos vivos na região central da Zona Econômica Exclusiva brasileira, p. 71–82. Rio de Janeiro: Museu Nacional, 2005. 248 p.
NEMTZOV, S. C.; KAJIURA, S. M.; LOMPART, C. A. Diel color phase changes in the coney, Epinephelus fulvus (Teleostei, Serranidae). Copeia, v. 1993, n. 3, p. 883–885, 1993.
PIGG, J. Melanism in Longnose Gar, Lepisosteus osseus Linnaeus (Lepisosteidae). Proc. Okla. Acad. Sci., v. 78, p. 123–123, 1998.
SMITH, C. L. Menephorus Poey, a serranid genus based on two hybrids of Cephalopholis fulva and Paranthias furcifer, with comments on the systematic placement of Paranthias Am. Mus. Novit., n. 2276, p. 1–11, 1966.
SMITH, C. L. A revision of the American groupers: Epinephelus and allied genera. Bull. Am. Mus. nat. Hist., v. 146, p. 67–242, 1971.

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[1] ARAUJO, J. N.; MARTINS, A. S. Age and growth of coney (Cephalopholis fulva), from the central coast of Brazil. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K., v. 86, p. 187–191, 2006.

[2] BOSTROM, M. A.; COLLETTE, B. B.; LUCKHURST, B. E.; REECE, K. S.; GRAVES, J. E. Hybridization between two serranids, the coney (Cephalopholis fulva) and the creole-fish (Paranthias furcifer), at Bermuda. Fish. Bull., v. 100, n. 4, p. 651–661, 2002.

[3] DAHLBERG, M. D. Frequencies of abnormalities in Georgia estuarine fishes. Trans. Amer. Fish. Soc., v. 99, n. 1, p. 95–97, 1970.

[4] DAWSON, C. E. A bibliography of anomalies of fishes. Gulf Res. Rep., v. 1, p. 308–399, 1964.

[5] DAWSON, C. E. A bibliography of anomalies of fishes. Gulf Res. Rep., v. 2, Supplement 1, p. 169–176, 1966.

[6] DAWSON, C. E. A bibliography of anomalies of fishes. Gulf Res. Rep., v. 3, Supplement 2, p. 215–239, 1971.

[7] ELWIN, M. G. Pathological melanosis in an intergeneric hybrid. Nature, v. 179, n. 4572, p. 1254–1255, 1957.

[8] FIGUEIREDO, J. L.; MENEZES, N. A. Manual de peixes marinhos do sudeste do Brasil. V. III (Teleostei 2) São Paulo: Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, 1980. 90 p.

[9] GOULD, G. M.; PYLE, W. L. Anomalies and curiosities of medicine Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders, 1896. 968 p.

[10] HEEMSTRA, P. C.; RANDALL, J. E. Groupers of the world. FAO Fisheries Synopsis Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization, v. 16, n. 125, 1993. 382 p.

[11] HORTH, L. A sex-linked allele, autosomal modifiers and temperature-dependence appear to regulate melanism in male mosquitofish (Gambusia holbrooki). J. expl Biol., v. 209, n. 24, p. 4938–4945, 2006.

[12] HSIAO, S. C. T. Melanosis in the common cod, Gadus callarias L., associated with trematode infection. Biol. Bull., v. 80, p. 37–44, 1941.

[13] KLIPPEL, S.; MARTINS, A. S.; OLAVO, G.; COSTA, P. A. S.; PERES, M. B. Estimativas de desembarque da pesca de linha na costa central do Brasil (estados do Espírito Santo e Bahia) para um ano padrão (1997–2000). In: COSTA, P. A. S.; MARTINS, A. S.; OLAVO, G. (Ed.). Pesca e potenciais de exploração de recursos vivos na região central da Zona Econômica Exclusiva brasileira, p. 71–82. Rio de Janeiro: Museu Nacional, 2005. 248 p.

[14] NEMTZOV, S. C.; KAJIURA, S. M.; LOMPART, C. A. Diel color phase changes in the coney, Epinephelus fulvus (Teleostei, Serranidae). Copeia, v. 1993, n. 3, p. 883–885, 1993.

[15] PIGG, J. Melanism in Longnose Gar, Lepisosteus osseus Linnaeus (Lepisosteidae). Proc. Okla. Acad. Sci., v. 78, p. 123–123, 1998.

[16] SMITH, C. L. Menephorus Poey, a serranid genus based on two hybrids of Cephalopholis fulva and Paranthias furcifer, with comments on the systematic placement of Paranthias Am. Mus. Novit., n. 2276, p. 1–11, 1966.

[17] SMITH, C. L. A revision of the American groupers: Epinephelus and allied genera. Bull. Am. Mus. nat. Hist., v. 146, p. 67–242, 1971.

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First record of partial melanism in the coney Cephalopholis fulva (Perciformes: Epinephelidae)

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