Journal
JOURNAL OF FISH DISEASES
Volume 41, Issue 12, Pages 1909-1915Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/jfd.12903
Keywords
anomaly; callus; gadoid; sediment pollution; spinal deformity; vertebra deformity
Funding
- Norges Forskningsrad [234367]
- Institute of Marine Research [80090]
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This study describes radiological malformations in the vertebral column of adult sexually mature wild haddock, Melanogrammus aeglefinus collected from Masfjorden, Western Norway, in 2014 and 2015. There were seven deformed fish (33% of sampled fish), five with mild deformities and two with severe deformities. The deformity types discovered were lordosis, vertebra body asymmetry, compression, fusion (ankylosis), remodelling, and haemal spine hyperostosis. The two severely deformed fish were as follows: (a) one specimen with 29 deformed vertebrae within the region vertebrae nos. 1-30, including two sites of lordosis; (b) one specimen with 15 deformed vertebrae within the region vertebrae nos. 31-52 (most caudal vertebrae). The results of this study show that wild haddock can survive severe vertebra deformities, both in the trunk and tail region, and reach adulthood and sexual maturity. Whether normal nondeformed wild conspecifics would mate and spawn with these individuals and thereby complete the life cycle of the deformed individuals is, however, unknown. A possible link between bone fracture and fish hyperostosis is discussed.
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