“…Many of them have demonstrated that alterations on biotic and abiotic, physiological, xenobiotic, nutritional, and rearing factors can be responsible for the development of fish deformities at an early stage (Boglione et al, 2001;Bardon et al, 2009;Boglione and Costa, 2011;Prestinicola et al, 2013) or during their on-growing period (I. Lee-Montero, personal communication). Additionally, genetic factors are also possibly responsible for the prevalence of different skeletal deformities in different species: Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar; Gjerde, 2005), rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss; Kause et al, 2005;Gislason et al, 2010), Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua; Kolstad et al, 2006) and European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax; Bardon et al, 2009, Karahan et al, 2013. However, in gilthead seabream, only a few studies have proposed a genetic origin for some types of deformities (Afonso et al, 2000;Astorga et al, 2004;I.…”