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Increased occurrence of the rare golden color morph of Pacific chub Kyphosus sandwicensis in a no‐take marine reserve
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2023
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Source: Journal of Fish Biology (2023)
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Journal Title:Journal of Fish Biology
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Description:Pacific chub, Kyphosus sandwicensis, are typically gray but some individuals display a golden color morph. We estimated that the frequency of occurrence of the golden morphs increased significantly from 2007 (1.9%) and 2012 (2.6%) to 2017 (5.0%) inside a no‐take marine reserve around Nihoa Island in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. While sporadic observations of a golden color morph have been noted for several other marine fish species, we provide a quantitative estimate of changes in the frequency of occurrence of the morph within a wild marine population.
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Source:Journal of Fish Biology (2023)
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ISSN:0022-1112;1095-8649;
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