CONGENITAL ANOMALIES AND TECHNOPATHIES IN TELEOSTS

Congenital abnormalities and technopathies in fish have rarely been detected and only sporadically studied. This report describes different congenital defects and some technopaties observed in farmed, wild and laboratory fish. In particular disorders of zebrafish embryos are evaluated in order to provide a valuable model for comparative pathology. In this paper anomalies of the skeletal have been described. Causes and pathogenesis are discussed with the aim to give a tribute to the knowledge of such disorders in farmed fish as well as in human beings.