Lepeophtheirus cuneifer Kabata, 1974 (Copepoda: Caligidae) from seawater-reared rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss , and Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar , in the Strait of Georgia, British Columbia, Canada

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Zoology
• Main Authors: Johnson, S. C., Albright, L. J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1991
• Subjects: Animal Science and Zoology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Canada; British Columbia; Kabata; Atlantic salmon; Salmo salar
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z91-201; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/z91-201

Adults, preadults, and chalimus larvae of Lepeophtheirus cuneifer were recovered from rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss, and Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, cultured in seawater in the southern Strait of Georgia, British Columbia. This species has not been reported previously from these hosts or in Canadian waters. It was found only in low abundance and is not an economically important parasite of farmed salmonids in British Columbia.