First record of sea lice (Caligus belones) on garfish (Belone belone) in the Iberian Peninsula

  1. Javier Sánchez-Hernández
  2. Javier Souto
Zeitschrift:
NACC: Nova acta científica compostelana. Bioloxía

ISSN: 1130-9717

Datum der Publikation: 2016

Nummer: 23

Seiten: 13

Art: Artikel

Andere Publikationen in: NACC: Nova acta científica compostelana. Bioloxía

Zusammenfassung

A novel observation of sea lice (Caligus belones) on garfish (Belone belone) is described from the Galician coast (NW Spain), being the first time for southern Europe. This finding is important as there are few worldwide records of sea lice (C. belones) parasitizing garfish.