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The infestation of the redfish Sebastes marinus (L.) and S. mentella Travin (Scleroparei: Scorpaenidae) by the copepods Peniculus clavatus (Müller), Sphyrion lumpi (Krøyer) and Chondracanthopsis nodosus (Müller) in the eastern North Atlantic

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I. C. Williams
I. C. Williams
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Department of Zoology, University of Hull
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1. An account is given of the intensity and incidence of infestation of the scorpaenid redfish, Sebastes marinus and S. mentella, by the parasitic copepods Peniculus clavatus, Sphyrion lumpi and Chondracanthopsis nodosus on three fishing grounds in the eastern North Atlantic, namely Iceland, Bear Island and the Barents Sea.

2. Peniculus clavatus was found to be a rare parasite on both species of redfish in the eastern North Atlantic. Adult female parasites were found during the months from September to February only; they were usually attached to the pelvic or dorsal fins of the host causing little damage.

3. Sphyrion lumpi was found to be a comparatively rare parasite on the deep-water Sebastes mentella throughout the eastern North Atlantic but it was found on S. marinus in the vicinity of Bear Island only. It seems justifiable to regard the Bear Island grounds as a centre of abundance of Sphyrion lumpi in the eastern North Atlantic. Adult female S. lumpi tended to infest medium-sized redfish more often than smaller or larger fish.

4. The infestation of Sebastes marinus and S. mentella by Chondracanthopsis nodosus has been examined in some detail and attention directed to the influence on infestation of the host species, geographical distribution, body length, age and sex of the host, and seasonal variations. The distribution of female C. nodosus within the gill chamber of the two species of redfish is described; it appears to be related to the need of the parasite to secure a protected and spatially limited habitat out of the mainstream of the ventilation current through the gill chamber.

5. The ecological relationships between Sebastes marinus and S. mentella and the three species of parasitic copepod are described together with the possibility of using these and other parasites as indicators of the host's mode of life. It is concluded that Chondracanthopsis nodosus and Sphyrion lumpi merit more detailed and extensive study as possible parasitological indicators of different stocks of redfish.

I wish to express my thanks to Messrs Jackson Mills Ltd., Fish Merchants and Curers, Hull, and to the Officer-in-Charge, D.S.I.R., Humber Laboratory, Hull, for their generous assistance in making redfish available for examination. I am also most grateful to Miss E. C. Howard, Librarian, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Fisheries Laboratory, Lowestoft, for her invaluable assistance in providing certain otherwise unobtainable references in the literature.

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Parasitology , Volume 53 , Issue 3-4 , November 1963 , pp. 501 - 525
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1963

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