Parasitic fauna of the barracouta, Thyrsites atun (Euphrasen, 1791) from off New Zealand

Detailed parasitologic examinations were made on 53 individuals of the barracouta. The parasitic fauna was found to consist of 8 species belonging to the Monogenea, Cestoda, Trematoda, Nematoda, and Crustacea. Two of those species are harmful for man. The magnitude of infestation and the location of...

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Main Authors: J. Wierzbicka, M. Gajda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 1984-12-01
Series:Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria
Online Access:https://aiep.pensoft.net/article/25040/download/pdf/