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Photographs by Dr. Panos Varvarigos

Anatomic disorders of farmed fish
(some examples)

Head (face, jaws, throat, opercula)

Fins (caudal, dorsal)

Dysplasia of the caudal fin.

Scissors-like tail. Aplasia of the dorsal fin.

Spine

Characteristic head-up swimming behaviour of a sea bream grower with lordosis (V shaped spine at the thoracic region).
Cyphosis and scoliosis.	Lordosis towards the tail.
Externally invisible lordosis of the anterior part of the spine.
Shortened discus-like body of a sea bream grower due to fusion of the vertebrae (see skeleton on right photo).		Part of the skeleton of the sea bream suffering from fusion of the vertebrae, mainly at the thoracic region.
Light microscopic observation (x25) of the lordotic spine, towards the tail, of a 57 days old sea bream juvenile with evidence of inflammation.

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