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Ophichthids (Ophichthidae: Anguilliformes) within the body cavity of marine fishes: pseudoparasites?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 April 2011

W. Isbert ,
F.E. Montero ,
M. Fernández ,
A. Lombarte ,
M. Sacanell  and
C. Orejas
W. Isbert*
Affiliation:
Instituto de Ciencias del Mar (CSIC), Pg. Maritim de la Barceloneta 37-49, 08003 Barcelona, Spain Xarxa de Referència i Desenvolupament en Aquicultura (Generalitat de Catalunya), Department of Animal Biology, Plant Biology and Ecology, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Campus Universitari, 08193 Bellaterra, (Cerdanyola del Vallès) Barcelona, Spain
F.E. Montero
Affiliation:
Xarxa de Referència i Desenvolupament en Aquicultura (Generalitat de Catalunya), Department of Animal Biology, Plant Biology and Ecology, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Campus Universitari, 08193 Bellaterra, (Cerdanyola del Vallès) Barcelona, Spain
M. Fernández
Affiliation:
Unidad de Zoología Marina, Instituto Cavanilles de Biodiversidad y Biología Evolutiva, Universidad de Valencia, and Fundación General de la Universidad de Valencia
A. Lombarte
Affiliation:
Instituto de Ciencias del Mar (CSIC), Pg. Maritim de la Barceloneta 37-49, 08003 Barcelona, Spain
M. Sacanell
Affiliation:
Confraria de Pescadors Artesanals de l'Estartit, Carrer Ter Vell 22, 17258 l'Estartit
C. Orejas
Affiliation:
Instituto de Ciencias del Mar (CSIC), Pg. Maritim de la Barceloneta 37-49, 08003 Barcelona, Spain Instituto Español de Oceanografía (IEO), Promontorio de San Martín s/n, 39004 Santander, Spain
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: W. Isbert, Unitat de Zoologia, Departamento Biologia Animal, Biologia Vegetal i Ecologia, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain email: wisbert@gmx.net
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Abstract

Three snake eels (Ophichthidae) were found in three common pandoras (Pagellus erythrinus) from the north-western Mediterranean: two in the stomach and one embedded in the body cavity. This incidence corroborates previous records of snake eels found within fish. The role of the eels as possible prey, parasites or pseudoparasites is briefly discussed.

Keywords

ApterichtusOphichthidaepseudoparasitismpreycommon pandorawestern Mediterranean
Type
Research Article
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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 4 , December 2011 , e33
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2011

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