Observations on the parasitofauna of wild sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax L.) from Portugal

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 1996

Authors

Santos, MJ (Author) FCUP

Journal

Title: Bulletin of the European Association of Fish Pathologists

Vol. 16

Pages: 77-79

ISSN: 0108-0288

Publisher: FRS Marine Lab.

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Authenticus ID: P-007-23S

Abstract (EN): First results on the parasites of wild sea bass, Dicentrarchus labrax L., from Aveiro's Estuary (Portuguese westcoast - Atlantic Ocean) are presented. This study was made between July 1993 and July 1994, with monthly samples of 15 fish each. The species reported for the first time in Portugal in this host were: Ephelota sp., Eimeria sp., Ceratomyxa diplodae, Ceratomyxa labracis, Sphaerospora dicentrarchi, Myxobilatus sp., Serranicotyle labracis, Acanthostomidae - metacercariae, Timoniella praeterita, Timoniella imbutiformis, Prosorhynchus crucibulum, Bucephalus baeri, Labratema minimum, Cainocreadium labracis, Proteocephalidae - larvae, Cystidicolidae - larvae, Telosentis molini, Colobomatus labracis, Lernanthropus kroyeri, Caligus minimus, Caligus dicentrarchi, Caligus pageti. We also noted an host record for Ephelola sp. and Cystidicolidae - larvae.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 3