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Alternate Title
A Pugheaded Cobia (Rachycentron canadum) from the Northcentral Gulf of Mexico
Document Type
Article
Abstract
A pugheaded cobia (Rachycentron canadum) captured in the northcentral Gulf of Mexico represents the first record of pugheadedness in cobia. The specimen, a 4-year-old gravid female, exhibited considerable distortion of the premaxillary and maxillary bones, with the length of the snout 46% shorter than that of a normal cobia of the same length. The anomaly had no apparent effect on feeding, since the stomach contained a substantial amount of food, and the fish was the same length expected of a normal 4-year-old cobia.
First Page
143
Last Page
145
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Recommended Citation
Franks, J. S.
1995.
A Pugheaded Cobia (Rachycentron canadum) from the Northcentral Gulf of Mexico.
Gulf Research Reports
9
(2):
143-145.
Retrieved from https://aquila.usm.edu/gcr/vol9/iss2/11
DOI: https://doi.org/10.18785/grr.0902.11
