Marine Fish Haematozoa from New Brunswick and New England

• Published in: Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada
• Main Authors: Laird, Marshall, Bullock, Wilbur L.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1969
• Subjects: Canada; Kent Island; Gadus morhua
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f69-100; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/f69-100

Of 1142 fish (68 species) examined, 140 (21 species) yielded blood parasites. Overall incidence was much higher at St. Andrews, N.B., than at Woods Hole, Mass., as was the variety of fish harbouring haematozoa — 15 species (46.9%) in the former case, but only 4 (9.3%) in the latter.Trypanosoma rajae...