. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. 212 CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME Calif. Fish and Game 77{4):212-213 1991 FIRST RECORD OF PARTIAL AMBICOLORATION IN SPOTTED TURBOT (PLEURONICHTHYS RITTERl) JESUS RODRIGUEZ ROMERO\ L. ANDRES ABITIA CARDENAS^ and FELIPE GALVAN MAGANA^ Centro Interdisciplinario de Ciencias Marinas (CICIMAR) Apdo. Postal 592 La Paz, , Mexico The spotted turbot {Pleuronichthys ritteri, Starks and Morris) is found on the Pacific coast of Baja California, f
. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. 212 CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME Calif. Fish and Game 77{4):212-213 1991 FIRST RECORD OF PARTIAL AMBICOLORATION IN SPOTTED TURBOT (PLEURONICHTHYS RITTERl) JESUS RODRIGUEZ ROMERO\ L. ANDRES ABITIA CARDENAS^ and FELIPE GALVAN MAGANA^ Centro Interdisciplinario de Ciencias Marinas (CICIMAR) Apdo. Postal 592 La Paz, , Mexico The spotted turbot {Pleuronichthys ritteri, Starks and Morris) is found on the Pacific coast of Baja California, from Magdalena Bay to Point Conception (Miller and Lea, 1972). A specimen showing partial ambicoloration was taken in a shrimp trawl at La Bocana, Magdalena Bay (lat. 24° 35' N, long. 112°00' W) on 20 July 1989; water depth was 20 m and surface temperature was 20°C. The specimen was 121 mm standard lenght (153 mm total length) and is catalogued as No. 2196 in the fish collection of the Centro Interdisciplinario de Ciencias Marinas (CICIMAR) in La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico. This fish has the same color pattern on both sides except for an anterodorsal area on the blind side, which is the normal pale color (Fig. 1). In addition, the pectoral fin on the blind side is the same size as its partner, whereas in normal fishes of spotted turbot is much smaller. The bibliographies of Dawson (1964, 1966, 1971) and Dawson and Heal (1976) document 1,498 cases of anomalies in fishes, of which 102 involve Figure 1. Blind side of partially ambicolored spotted turbot {Pleuronichthys ritteri). 'Becario Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia (CONACyT). ^BecarioCOFAA-IPN. 212. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original California. Dept. of Fish and Game; California. Fish and Game Commission; Cal
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