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Hypermelanosis on the blind side of Japanese flounder Paralichthys olivaceus is diminished by rearing in a white tank

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  1. Iwate Fisheries Technology Center, 026-0001, Kamaishi, Iwate, Japan

    Takeshi Yamanome

  2. School of Fisheries Sciences, Kitasato University, 022-0101, Ofunato, Iwate, Japan

    Masafumi Amano, Noriko Amiya & Akiyoshi Takahashi

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Yamanome, T., Amano, M., Amiya, N. et al. Hypermelanosis on the blind side of Japanese flounder Paralichthys olivaceus is diminished by rearing in a white tank. Fish Sci 73, 466–468 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1444-2906.2007.01356.x

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