Volumen 36- Número 1: 109-110 - 2001
Research Note

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Lordosis in topsmelt Atherinops affinis (Ayres, 1860) (Teleostei: Atherinopsidae)

José De La Cruz-Agüero^1* & Liduvina Perezgómez-Alvarez 

Centro Interdisciplinario de Ciencias Marinas, Colección Ictiológica (CI), Apartado Postal 592, La Paz, Baja California Sur, México 23000
(1) Becario COFAA, EDI-IPN

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The first report of lordosis (vertebral curvature) in topsmelt Atherinops affinis is described from one specimen collected at Laguna Ojo de Liebre, Baja California Sur (México).

Key words: Atherinops affinis, abnormalities, vertebral deformation