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First record of partial albinism in the critically endangered Angelshark (Squatina squatina) (Linnaeus, 1758)
David Jimenez-Alvarado1,2, Eva Meyers2,3, Airam Guerra-Marrero1
1Grupo en Biodiversidad y Conservación, IU-ECOAQUA, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas, Spain.
Journal of Fish Biology
|May 6, 2023
Abstract:
We report the first case of partial albinism in the Critically Endangered angelshark, Squatina squatina. The encounter with this specimen took place while SCUBA diving on the beach of Tufia, located on the east coast of the island of Gran Canaria on 2 April 2021. This is also the first confirmed finding of an albino elasmobranch specimen in the Canary Island archipelago.

