Parasite assemblages of marine fishes include an important number of larval stages of helminth parasite species that use fish as intermediate or as paratenic hosts. In previous comparative studies, larval helminths have typically been lumped with other endoparasites, and there has been therefore no study of the biodiversity and relative abundance of larval helminths and of the factors that may ...

Despite the commercial and zoonotic importance of larval anisakid infestations of teleosts, their distribution among Australia's diverse marine fish fauna is poorly understood. A preliminary survey of Australia's tropical north-west revealed a generally high prevalence of larval anisakids representing four genera (Anisakis, Terranova, Thynnascaris and Raphidascaris) among only seven fish specie...

Pseudoterranovosis is a well-known human disease caused by anisakid larvae belonging to the genus Pseudoterranova. Human infection occurs after consuming infected fish. Hence the presence of Pseudoterranova larvae in the flesh of the fish can cause serious losses and problems for the seafood, fishing and fisheries industries. The accurate identification of Pseudoterranova larvae in fish is impo...

Evidence supporting the occurrence of starving larval fish in the ocean was mainly circumstantial (May, 1974; Jones and Hall, 1974: Lasker, 1975) until recently, when the presence of starving ocean-caught larval northern anchovy, Engraulis mordax, was documented using histological criteria (O'Connell, 1980). Subsequently, using similar criteria, Theilacker (1986) quantified starvation-induced m...

In freshwater rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss), two common responses to acute waterborne copper (Cu) exposure are reductions in ammonia excretion and Na(+) uptake at the gills, with the latter representing the likely lethal mechanism of action for Cu in adult fish. Larval fish, however, lack a functional gill following hatch and rely predominantly on cutaneous exchange, yet represent the mos...

In total 17 families comprising more than 29 species of larval teleost fishes were recorded in the Kromme Estuary during the study period. Dominant species included Atherina breviceps, Caffrogobius gilchristi, Diplodus sargus capensis, Gilchristella aestuaria, Glossogobius callidus, Rhabdosargus holubi and Rhabdosargus globiceps. The larval fish catch in the estuary indicated a marine dominance...

Feeding success is essential to larval fish survival. We present detailed mechanistic models of the foraging processes (prey encounter, approach, pursuit, and capture) in larval fish, where all parameters have explicit physical or biological meaning. The model is a unification of the processes believed to be important to prey selectivity and environmental regulation of feeding in fish. We inclu...

Two methods were developed for the production of larval fish diets. The first method, microextrusion marumerization (MEM), has been tested in laboratory feeding trials for many years and produces particles that are palatable and water stable. The second method, particle-assisted rotational agglomeration (PARA), produced diets that have lower density than diets produced by MEM. Each method was u...

The aim of this study was to estimate the influence of selected environmental parameters on the fish larval distribution and abundance between October 2012 and September 2013 in the Mangrove estuarine area of Marudu bay, Sabah, Malaysia. Fish larvae samples were collected monthly using plankton net of 350 mm of mesh size with a mouth opening of 40.5 cm in diameter through 20 min surface tows. F...