Development of a saddleback-like syndrome in reared white seabream Diplodus sargus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Depression of the dorsal profile accompanied by kyphosis and, in most of the cases, haemal lordosis was observed in reared Diplodus sargus. The ontogeny and the anatomy of deformity are presented and the probable causative factors are discussed. (C) 2003 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.