Liver tumours in flatfish

Feist, Stephen W.; Lang, Thomas

doi:10.17895/ices.pub.5242

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Liver tumours in flatfish

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posted on 2014-08-18, 00:00 authored by Stephen W. Feist, Thomas Lang

Liver tumours (neoplasms) in flatfish have been reported from several species from North America (Myers et al., 1987, 1990, 1998a, b; Moore and Stegeman, 1994), including the English sole (Parophrys vetulus) and starry flounder (Platichthys stellatus), and European waters (Bucke and Feist, 1984; Vethaak and Jol, 1996; Vethaak and Wester, 1996) where the principle species exhibiting liver tumours are the European flounder (Platichthys flesus) and the dab (Limanda limanda).

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https://www.ices.dk/Science/publications/Pages/ID-Leaflets.aspx

Issue

61

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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

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Stephen Feist

ISBN

978-87-7482-147-2

ISSN

0109-2510

Recommended citation

Feist, S. W. and Lang, T. 2014. Liver tumours in flatfish. ICES Identification Leaflets for Diseases and Parasites in Fish and Shellfish, No. 61. 5 pp. https://doi.org/10.17895/ices.pub.5242