<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The incidence of severe consecutive repetition of lordosis-kyphosis involving three flexions was reported in a specimen of the atherinid fish <italic>Atherina boyeri</italic> Risso. The values for the angles lay between the lines passing through the sides of the vertebral column and enclosing the curvatures, and the depth of the curvatures of the angles was obtained. Also, the ratio of the vertebral column to the fish total length of deformed and normal specimens of this species was calculated. Possible causes for these anomalies are discussed.</p></abstract>

The incidence of severe consecutive repetition of lordosis-kyphosis involving three flexions was reported in a specimen of the atherinid fish Atherina boyeri Risso. The values for the angles lay between the lines passing through the sides of the vertebral column and enclosing the curvatures, and the depth of the curvatures of the angles was obtained. Also, the ratio of the vertebral column to the fish total length of deformed and normal specimens of this species was calculated. Possible causes for these anomalies are discussed.

Consecutive repetition of lordosis-kyphosis in silverside <italic>Atherina boyeri</italic> Risso, 1810 collected from a wild population in Homa Lagoon, Izmir, Turkey

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Consecutive repetition of lordosis-kyphosis in silverside  Risso, 1810 collected from a wild population in Homa Lagoon, Izmir, Turkey

The incidence of severe consecutive repetition of lordosis-kyphosis involving three flexions was reported in a specimen of the atherinid fish Atherina boyeri...

Consecutive repetition of lordosis-kyphosis in silverside Atherina boyeri Risso, 1810 collected from a wild population in Homa Lagoon, Izmir, Turkey

Published Online: Jul 22, 2017

Page range: 117 - 122

Received: Apr 06, 2017

Accepted: Jun 14, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/aopf-2017-0011

Keywords
Anomalies, vertebral column, angles, abdominal vertebrae, caudal vertebrae

© 2017 Archives of Polish Fisheries

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Consecutive repetition of lordosis-kyphosis in silverside Atherina boyeri Risso, 1810 collected from a wild population in Homa Lagoon, Izmir, Turkey

Published Online: Jul 22, 2017

Page range: 117 - 122

Received: Apr 06, 2017

Accepted: Jun 14, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/aopf-2017-0011

KeywordsAnomalies, vertebral column, angles, abdominal vertebrae, caudal vertebrae

© 2017 Archives of Polish Fisheries

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Anomalies, vertebral column, angles, abdominal vertebrae, caudal vertebrae