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We express our sincere gratitude to T. Kawasaki (Mariculture Fisheries Research Institute, Hokkaido Research Organization, Japan) and K. Kubota (Muroran, Hokkaido, Japan) for providing the opportunity for this report,and H. Endo (Kochi University) and R. Misawa (Kyoto University) for assistance in taking radiographs. We also thank G. S. Hardy (Ngunguru, New Zealand) for his critical reading of the manuscript. This report was supported in part by the Discretionary budget for early-career researchers and the Coastal Area Capability Enhancement in Southeast Asia Project of the Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Kyoto, Japan, and a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) from Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) (26440212).
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Muto, N., Takayama, K. & Kai, Y. First record of abnormal body coloration in a rockfish Sebastes trivittatus (Scorpaenoidei: Sebastidae). Ichthyol Res 63, 197–199 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10228-015-0471-x
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