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Like humans and other animals, fish suffer from diseases and parasites. Fish defences against disease are specific and non-specific. Fish defences against disease are specific and non-specific. Non-specific defences include skin and scales, as well as the mucus layer secreted by the epidermis that traps microorganisms and inhibits their growth.
Only one species is found in the genus which also gave name to the family. The name literally translates as "the fish louse with many children". The parasite can infect most freshwater fish species and, in contrast to many other parasites, shows low host specificity.
The genus Anisakis was defined in 1845 [2] by Félix Dujardin as a subgenus of the genus Ascaris Linnaeus, 1758.Dujardin did not make explicit the etymology, but stated that the subgenus included the species in which the males have unequal spicules ("mâles ayant des spicules inégaux"); thus, the name Anisakis is based on anis-(Greek prefix for different) and akis (Greek for spine or spicule).
Microsporidia is a common cause of disease in fish and so xenomas tend to be seen more frequently in fish than in other organisms. A paper published in 2002 listed 15 genera and 157 microsporidian species that cause disease in fish, [ 2 ] [ 12 ] however only ten of these genera induce xenoma formation. [ 8 ]
Pages in category "Fish diseases" The following 35 pages are in this category, out of 35 total. ... List of diseases and parasites in cod; M. Mycobacterium marinum; P.
Henneguya zschokkei is found in fish as an ovoid spore with two anterior polar capsules and two long caudal appendages. [6] Individuals are very small (about 10 micrometers in diameter), [7] but are found aggregated into cysts 3–6 mm in diameter at any place in the animal's musculature.
The Anisakis simplex is a parasitic roundworm classified under the phylum Nematoda. [2] [5] It possesses the typical characteristics of its phylum, including an unsegmented, cylindrical body that occasionally fills up with fluids and allows it to swim freely. [5]
It is among the largest of copepods, ranging in size from 2 to 3 millimetres (3 ⁄ 32 to 1 ⁄ 8 inch) when it matures as a copepodid larva to more than 40 mm (1 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) as a sessile adult. Lernaeocera branchialis is ectoparasitic , which means it is a parasite that lives primarily on the surface of its hosts.