| thynnascaris reliquens sp. n. and t. habena (linton, 1900) (nematoda: ascaridoidea) from fishes in the northern gulf of mexico and eastern u.s. seaboard. | thynnascaris reliquens sp. n. is described from the type host, the sheepshead, archosargus probatocephalus (walbaum), and other fishes of the northern gulf of mexico and southern florida, including the gulf toadfish, opsanus beta (goode and bean); the spiny boxfish, chilomycterus schoepfi (walbaum); the slippery dick, halichoeres bivittatus (bloch); and the atlantic croaker, micropogon undulatus (linnaeus). its salient characters are: length up to approximately to 12.5 cm; lips broad, with pedun ... | 1975 | 1127562 |
| aphanomyces invadans and ulcerative mycosis in estuarine and freshwater fish in florida. | in the spring of 1998, the florida fish and wildlife research institute received numerous reports of lesioned or ulcerated fish primarily from the st. lucie estuary on the southeast coast of florida, an area known since the late 1970s for lesions of the ulcerative mycosis (um) type. from these and archived reports, as well as others received from different areas of florida, we documented that diseased specimens had randomly distributed skin ulcers (usually reddened or hemorrhagic) with raised ir ... | 2007 | 18236628 |
| monogenoidean parasites of the gill lamellae of the sheepshead archosargus probatocephalus (walbaum) (perciformes: sparidae) from the indian river lagoon, florida, with descriptions of four new species of euryhaliotrema kritsky & boeger, 2002 (dactylogyridae). | examination of the gill lamellae of three sheepshead archosargus probatocephalus (walbaum) from the indian river lagoon in florida revealed six species of monogenoidea: microcotyle archosargi maccallum, 1913 (microcotylidae); neobenedenia sp. (capsalidae); and four new species of euryhaliotrema kritsky & boeger, 2002 (dactylogyridae). the prevalence of all helminths was 100%, except for neobenedenia sp., which was represented by a single immature specimen. the four new species, euryhaliotrema ca ... | 2011 | 21161491 |