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Oncophora melanocephala(Nematoda, Camallanidae) from the chub mackerel,Scomber japonicus(Teleostei, Scombridae), caught off Madeira Island (Portugal)
✍ Scribed by Graça Costa; Nélio Freitas; Miguel A. A. Pinheiro de Carvalho; Egberto Melo-Moreira; Mark C. Rigby
- Book ID
- 111490639
- Publisher
- Versita
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 720 KB
- Volume
- 54
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1230-2821
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
While investigating the nematode parasites of commercial fish caught off the coast of Madeira Island (Atlantic Ocean, Portugal), we collected five specimens of Oncophora melanocephala (Rudolphi, 1819) (Nematoda, Camallanidae) infecting the chub mackerel Scomber japonicus Houttuyn. This is the first record of O. melanocephala from chub mackerel and a new geographic record. Four additional larval specimens with developing buccal capsules were found in the chub mackerel examined.