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Parasites of Centrarchidae from Southern Florida
Author(s) -
Bangham Ralph V.
Publication year - 1939
Publication title -
transactions of the american fisheries society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.696
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1548-8659
pISSN - 0002-8487
DOI - 10.1577/1548-8659(1938)68[263:pocfsf]2.0.co;2
Subject(s) - centrarchidae , lepomis , micropterus , biology , bass (fish) , fishery , ecology , zoology , fish <actinopterygii>
The paper reports a preliminary study of the parasites of eight species of fish of the family Centrarchidae. Centrarchids were numerous and widely distributed in the waters from which specimens were secured for examination. These fish along with the predaceous gars made up a dominant group in most areas visited. Of the 516 Centrarchidae examined, 513 or 99.4 per cent were parasitized. This percentage of infestation is higher than that found in the same species from northern waters. Fewer species of parasites were found in the Florida centrarchids. Larval encysted nematodes, strigeid flukes and gill finkes made up a majority of the parasites. Cestodes were taken much less frequently than from northern fish. The parasites of the following species are discussed: largemonth black bass, Huro salmoides; warmouth bass, Chaenobryttus gulosus; bluegill, Helioperca macrochira; black crappie, Pomoxis sparoides; blue‐spotted sunfish, Enneacanthus gloriosus; stump‐knocker, Eupomotis microlophus; black‐spotted sunfish, Sclerotis punctatus punctatus; and Florida long‐eared sunfish, Xenotis megalotis marginatus.