Isopods associated with fishes: a synopsis and corrections.
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L Bunkley-Williams
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Neobenedenia pargueraensis n. sp. (Monogenea: Capsalidae) from the red hind, Epinephelus guttatus, and comments about Neobenedenia melleni.
Neobenedenia pargueraensis n. sp. from Epinephelus guttatus of Puerto Rico differs from all known species in possessing scoop-shaped accessory sclerites with pointed tips. It is most similar to Neobenedenia melleni and Neobenedenia longiprostata but differs from the former in having a fenestrate ovary and from the latter in that the ducts of the accessory glands are short, terminating just anterior to the vitelline reservoir rather than reaching the caudal end of the body. It differs from both species in having smooth rather than lobate testes. Neobenedenia melleni occurs throughout the tropical and subtropical western North Atlantic including Bermuda. It kills aquarium and aquaculture fishes with massive infestations and is a severe restraint on the culture of tilapia in sea water in the Caribbean.
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Influence of collection methods on the occurrence of alimentary canal helminth parasites in fish.
The effect of collecting trauma on the metazoan parasites in the alimentary canal of French grunts, Haemulon flavolineatum (Desmarest) (Perciformes: Haemulidae), was evaluated by comparing the number and species of parasites in 10-fish lots that were identical except for collecting technique. Collecting techniques included speared (dead), speared through the caudal peduncle (live), trapped, dipnetted at night, and ostracitoxin exposed. Dead, trapped, and toxin-stressed fish had no alimentary canal parasites, whereas speared-live and night-dipnetted fish had comparable numbers of parasites. Fish collected by using apparently traumatic techniques quickly expelled their alimentary canal metazoan parasites. Our results cast doubt on the reliability of traditional fish parasite surveys, studies on population dynamics of fish parasites, and experiments that employ these traumatic collecting methods.
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