A CASE OF HERMAPHRODITISM IN THE COMMON EAGLE RAY MYLIOBATIS AQUILA (CHONDRICHTHYES: MYLIOBATIDAE), REPORTED FROM THE TUNISIAN COAST (CENTRAL MEDITERRANEAN)

A CASE OF HERMAPHRODITISM IN THE COMMON EAGLE RAY MYLIOBATIS AQUILA (CHONDRICHTHYES: MYLIOBATIDAE), REPORTED FROM THE TUNISIAN COAST (CENTRAL MEDITERRANEAN)

A common eagle ray Myliobatis aquila (Linnaeus, 1758) exhibiting abnormal male and female traits on the left side of the genital apparatus was captured off the north-eastern Tunisian coast. As the specimen could not be considered a functioning adult male and/or female, it was classified as an abnorm...

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Veröffentlicht in:Annales. Series historia naturalis 2017-01, Vol.27 (1), p.43-48
Hauptverfasser: Rafrafi-Nouira, Sihem, El Kamel-Moutalibi, Olfa, Ounifi-Ben Amor, Khadija, Ben Amor, Mohamed Mourad, Capapé, Christian
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Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Females
Hermaphrodites
Hermaphroditism
Males
Marine fishes
Morphology
Myliobatis aquila
Temperature effects
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Zusammenfassung:A common eagle ray Myliobatis aquila (Linnaeus, 1758) exhibiting abnormal male and female traits on the left side of the genital apparatus was captured off the north-eastern Tunisian coast. As the specimen could not be considered a functioning adult male and/or female, it was classified as an abnormal hermaphrodite. This is the latest of the 16 hermaphrodite batoid specimens known to date.
ISSN:1408-533X
2591-1783
DOI:10.19233/ASHN.2017.06