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Table 1 Groups and total number of parasites recorded in Sebastes miniatus caught on the coasts of San Quintín, B.C., Mexico

From: Dynamics of a parasite assemblage of the Vermilion Rockfish Sebastes miniatus from northwestern Baja California, México

 

Hosts

Endoparasites

Ectoparasites

Digeneans

Nematodes

Cestodes

Acanthocephales

Monogeneans

Copepods

Total

Feb

15 (25–29)

7

627

622

105

128

3

1,507

Apr

28 (25.5–28)

25

1,071

1,688

49

557

26

3,444

Jun

62 (37–61)

23

4,589

6,073

231

997

40

12,015

Aug

35 (32–48)

16

1,465

2,401

302

499

11

4,729

Oct

29 (30–48.5)

5

1,011

1,940

229

395

46

3,655

Dec

41 (30–55)

17

1,560

2,155

206

406

54

4,439

Total

210

93

10,323

14,879

1,122

2,982

180

29,789

%

 

0.3

34.9

50.3

3.8

10.1

0.6

100.0

  1. Groups of endoparasites (digeneans, nematodes, cestodes, acanthocephales) and ectoparasites (monogeneans and copepods). In brackets the size range of the fish in cm
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