- ambicolouration
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pigmentation of both the eyed and blind side of flatfishes (Pleuronectiformes) in which, ordinarily, only the eyed side is pigmented. Also called hypermelanosis
Dictionary of ichthyology. 2009.
Dictionary of ichthyology. 2009.
hypermelanosis — excess of dark pigmentation, e.g. on the blind side of some individual flatfishes, cf. hypomelanosis. Also called ambicolouration … Dictionary of ichthyology