Eye-maggot (Lernaeenicus sprattae) and body-maggot (L. encrasicoli) of the sprat

Schram, T. A.

doi:10.17895/ices.pub.5214

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Eye-maggot (Lernaeenicus sprattae) and body-maggot (L. encrasicoli) of the sprat

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posted on 2014-05-21, 00:00 authored by T. A. Schram

Sprat (Sprattus sprattus (L.)) is the principal host of eye- maggot (Lernaeenicus sprattae) in northern European wa- ters, and pilchard (Sardina pilchardus (Walbaum)), is an additional host farther south.

History

Issue

43

Published under the auspices of the following ICES Steering Group or Committee

ASG

Published under the auspices of the following ICES Expert Group or Strategic Initiative

WGPDMO

Series

ICES Identification Leaflets for Diseases and Parasites in Fish and Shellfish

Series Editor/s

Carl J. Sindermann; Claude Maurin

ISBN

978-87-7482-833-4

ISSN

0109-2510

Recommended citation

Schram, T. A. 1991. Eye-maggot (Lernaeenicus sprattae) and body-maggot (L. encrasicoli) of the sprat. ICES Identification Leaflets for Diseases and Parasites in Fish and Shellfish, No. 43. 4 pp. https://doi.org/10.17895/ices.pub.5214