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

Año de publicación: 2016

Número: 23

Páginas: 13

Tipo: Artículo

Otras publicaciones en: NACC: Nova acta científica compostelana. Bioloxía

Resumen

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.