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<p>The European anchovy, Engraulis encrasicolus (Linnaeus, 1758), enters the Baltic Sea only occasionally. Little is known about the parasites that inhabit this fish in the northern part of its natural range (north-eastern Atlantic). This study is based on 32 anchovies sampled in autumn 2006 from a substantial bycatch accompanying sprat in the Gulf of Gdańsk (southern Baltic Sea).</p>
<p>The fish were examined using standard parasitological procedures, and yielded 10 L3 larvae of the nematode Hysterothylacium aduncum (Rudolphi, 1802). The prevalence and the intensity (mean and range) were 21.9%, 1.4, and 1–4, respectively.</p>
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The European anchovy, Engraulis encrasicolus (Linnaeus, 1758), enters the Baltic Sea only occasionally. Little is known about the parasites that inhabit this fish in the northern part of its natural range (north-eastern Atlantic). This study is based on 32 anchovies sampled in autumn 2006 from a substantial bycatch accompanying sprat in the Gulf of Gdańsk (southern Baltic Sea).
The fish were examined using standard parasitological procedures, and yielded 10 L3 larvae of the nematode Hysterothylacium aduncum (Rudolphi, 1802). The prevalence and the intensity (mean and range) were 21.9%, 1.4, and 1–4, respectively.

Nematodes found in the European anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus), a rare visitor to the Baltic Sea

Department of Invertebrate Zoology and Parasitology

Oceanological and Hydrobiological Studies

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The European anchovy, Engraulis encrasicolus (Linnaeus, 1758), enters the Baltic Sea only occasionally. Little is known about the parasites that inhabit this...

Nematodes found in the European anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus), a rare visitor to the Baltic Sea

Published Online: Jun 29, 2012

Page range: 99 - 102

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s13545-012-0032-0

Keywords
European anchovy, Engraulis encrasicolus, parasites, Hysterothylacium aduncum, Baltic Sea

© 2012 Faculty of Oceanography and Geography, University of Gdańsk, Poland

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Nematodes found in the European anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus), a rare visitor to the Baltic Sea

Published Online: Jun 29, 2012

Page range: 99 - 102

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s13545-012-0032-0

KeywordsEuropean anchovy, Engraulis encrasicolus, parasites, Hysterothylacium aduncum, Baltic Sea

© 2012 Faculty of Oceanography and Geography, University of Gdańsk, Poland

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
European anchovy, Engraulis encrasicolus, parasites, Hysterothylacium aduncum, Baltic Sea