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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Mol Ecol. 2010 Aug;19(15):3114–3123. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2010.04738.x

Table 4.

Summary of histopathology for wild caught X. cortezi individuals.

Fish SL Benign Melanosis Malignant Melanomas
Male 1 44.1 MHP of the skin MM in the skin and musculature of CP and CF;
MMM in the skin and musculature of CP and CF
Male 2 55.1 MHP of the skin;
Melanosis circumscribing globe of both eyes		 MM in the skin and musculature of CP and CF;
MMM in the skin and musculature of CP and CF
Male 3 43.8 MHP of the skin MM in the skin and musculature of CP and CF;
MMM in the skin and musculature of CP and CF
Male 4 43.3 MHP of the skin MM in the musculature of CP
Male 5 49.8 MHP of the skin;
Melanosis circumscribing globe of both eyes		 MM in the musculature of CP
Male 6 51.7 MHP of the skin MM in the skin and musculature of CP and CF;
MMM in the skin and musculature of CP and CF
Male 7 42.7 MHP of the skin MMM in the skin and musculature of CP and CF
Male 8 38.8 MHP of the skin MM in the skin and musculature of CP and CF;
Foci of MM dorsal to caudal vein and artery in CP;
MMM in the skin and musculature of CP and CF
Female 1 38.5 MHP of the skin MM in the musculature of CP

MHP = Melanotic Hyperpigmentation; MM = Melanocytic melanoma; MMM = Melanophorus-Macromelanophorus Polymorphic Melanoma; CP = Caudal Peduncle; CF = Caudal fin