Infection of the swim bladder parasite Anguillicoloides crassus in the European eel (Anguilla anguilla) caught from the Gediz Delta (Aegean Sea)

• Published in: Ege Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
• Main Author: SALMAN, M. Alp
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Ege Üniversitesi 2022
• Subjects: Anguilla anguilla;Swimbladder parasites;Anguillicola crassus;Aegean Sea; Anguilla anguilla;yüzme kesesi paraziti;Anguillicoloides crassus;Ege Denizi; Deniz ve Tatlı Su Biyolojisi; Marine and Freshwater Biology; Ege; Anguilla anguilla
• Online Access: https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/egejfas/issue/75748/1185056; https://doi.org/10.12714/egejfas.40.1.02

The wild European eels (776 fish, mean total length of 547±91 mm, mean weight 340±198 g) were obtained monthly between October 2015-September 2016 in Gediz Delta (Izmir Bay, Aegean Sea). A total of 263 nematode parasites (Anguillicoloides crassus) were isolated from the swim bladders of 52 parasitiz...