First record of pughead skeletal deformity in the queen angelfish Holacanthus ciliaris (St. Peter and St. Paul Archipela

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Fig. 1 a A healthy queen angelfish H. ciliaris (about 35 cm total length) and b A pughead H. ciliaris (about 30 cm total length) at St. Peter and St. Paul Archipelago, Mid Atlantic Ridge, Brazil

Acknowledgments The authors acknowledge grants from Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientı´fico e Tecnolo´gico (CNPq).

References Edwards AJ, Lubbock R (1983) Marine zoogeography of St. Paul’s Rocks. J Biogeogr 10:65–72 Gassman NJ, Nye LB, Schmale MC (1994) Distribution of abnormal biota and sediment contaminants in Biscayne Bay, Florida. Bull Mar Sci 54:929–943 Macieira RM, Joyeux JC (2007) First record of a pughead Spanish hogfish Bodianus rufus (Linnaeus, 1758). Coral Reefs 26:615 R. B. Francini-Filho (&) Departamento de Engenharia e Meio Ambiente, Universidade Federal da Paraı´ba, Rua da Mangueira, s/n, Centro, Rio Tinto, PB 58297-000, Brazil e-mail: [email protected]

G. M. Amado-Filho Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botaˆnico do Rio de Janeiro, Rua Pacheco Lea˜o 915, Rio de Janeiro, RJ 22460-030, Brazil

Received: 6 September 2012 / Accepted: 12 October 2012 / Published online: 20 October 2012 Ó Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2012

Coral Reefs (2013) 32:211 DOI 10.1007/s00338-012-0975-z

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