Bothriocephalus scorpii (Müller) (Cestoda: Pseudophyllidea) in turbot Scophthalmus maximus (L.) and brill S. rhombus (L.) from the southern North Sea

• Published in: Journal of Fish Biology
• Main Author: de Groot, S. J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1971
• Subjects: Scophthalmus maximus; Turbot
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8649.1971.tb03658.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1095-8649.1971.tb03658.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1095-8649.1971.tb03658.x

Turbot (11–70 cm long) and brill (21–70 cm long) were collected in the summer of 1968 north of the Brown Bank, Texel Hole and were infected by Bothriocephalus scorpii. Infections occurred even in the first year of life of the fish. In turbot, with increasing length, the average weight of tapeworm rose from 0–6 to 14‐9 g/flsh. Brill were less commonly infected and then only slightly. The intermediate host of the tapeworm seems to be Gobius species, upon which juvenile turbot and brill prey most.