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

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

ISSN: 1130-9717

Year of publication: 2016

Issue: 23

Pages: 13

Type: Article

More publications in: NACC: Nova acta científica compostelana. Bioloxía

Abstract

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.