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record of acanthocybium solandri in the central mediterranean sea, with notes on parasites

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 October 2005

t. romeo ,
e. azzurro  and
e. mostarda
t. romeo
Affiliation:
icram, central institute for the research applied to the sea, laboratory of milazzo, via dei mille, 44, 98057 milazzo (me), italy
e. azzurro
Affiliation:
icram, central institute for the research applied to the sea, laboratory of milazzo, via dei mille, 44, 98057 milazzo (me), italy università politecnica delle marche, department of marine science, via brecce bianche, 60131 ancona, italy
e. mostarda
Affiliation:
icram, central institute for the research applied to the sea, laboratory of milazzo, via dei mille, 44, 98057 milazzo (me), italy
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Abstract

one specimen of wahoo, acanthocybium solandri was caught in june 2004 by artisanal fishermen in the straits of messina, sicily. this epipelagic species has a circum-tropical distribution and in the mediterranean has been recorded only twice. meristic characteristics, gonads and stomach contents were analysed. two species of parasites, the giant trematodes hirudinella ventricosa and the monogenean neothoracocotyle acanthocybii were detected in the stomach and in the gills, respectively. the presence of these helminths, typical of hosts captured in atlantic and pacific waters is consistent with the migration of this specimen via gibraltar.

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research article
Information
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 85 , Issue 5 , October 2005 , pp. 1295 - 1296
Copyright
© 2005 marine biological association of the united kingdom

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