Metazoan Parasites of Salmonids and Coregonids from the Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland

• Published in: Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada
• Main Authors: Threlfall, William, Hanek, George
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1970
• Subjects: General Medicine; Newfoundland; Salmo salar; Copepods
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f70-213; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/f70-213

Sixty-seven salmonids and coregonids (32 Salvelinus fontinalis, 3 Salmo salar, 22 Salmo trutta, 10 Coregonus clupeaformis), caught at various locations on the Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland, were examined for metazoan parasites, during the period November 15, 1968–June 12, 1969. Eight genera of helminths (two of Monogenea, three of Digenea, one each of Cestoda, Nematoda, Acanthocephala) and one of parasitic copepods (Ergasilus) were recovered. This number includes one new host record and two new host records for Newfoundland.