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

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

ISSN: 1130-9717

Ano de publicación: 2016

Número: 23

Páxinas: 13

Tipo: Artigo

Outras publicacións en: NACC: Nova acta científica compostelana. Bioloxía

Resumo

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.