Parasitic marine fishes

Title
Parasitic marine fishes
Publication Date
2005
Author(s)
Woodland, David J
Editor
Editor(s): Klaus Rohde
Type of document
Book Chapter
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
CSIRO Publishing
Place of publication
Melbourne, Australia
Edition
1
UNE publication id
une:9585
Abstract
Apart from kleptoparasitic birds such as skuas and frigate birds ('Fregata' spp.) which harass other sea birds, causing them to regurgitate their prey of fish, squid or prawns, and the kelp gull, 'Larus dominicanus', which parasitises whales by feeding on their flesh, all other vertebrate marine parasites are fishes. Even among the fishes relatively few species are parasitic. One group, the pearlfishes, are endoparasites of sea cucumbers, but the rest, that is the lampreys, angler-fishes cleanerfish mimics, fangblennies, scale feeders, cookiecutters and various browsers, are ectoparasites, especially of other fishes. Of the ectoparasites, some spend extended times attached to a single host; others strike, detach a piece of flesh, and depart. We will treat the ectoparasites first, beginning with the most primitive, the lampreys.
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Citation
Marine Parasitology, p. 250-258
ISBN
9780643090255
9780643093072
Start page
250
End page
258

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