While the nets were empty the underwater floor wasn't, instead it was littered with dead fish that had the life sucked out of them from these parasites.

There are many fresh water fish diseases that can strike even the most well-maintained tanks, so being able to identify and ...

Here's what it looks like when the louse replaces a fish's tongue. While other parasites may seem like they could be doing something similar, they don’t quite cross the line into full organ ...

There is the Banggai cardinal fish, found only in Indonesia, which keeps its eggs and newly hatched babies in its mouth for two weeks. Then, there are gruesome parasites, his latest obsession.

In their report, the authors stated that in 2006, the Zebrafish International Resource Center found 75 percent of labs that submitted fish for a diagnostic service had contamination with the parasite ...

Cichlid fish, particularly those found in the East African Great Lakes, are known for their remarkable diversity and evolutionary adaptations. This diversity extends to their parasites ...

“You cannot use any old salmon that you find at the grocery store because it may contain parasites like nematodes and tapeworms,” Hydroxide explains. For raw fish like tuna and salmon to be ...

A study on the Californian coast found the sheer mass of parasites exceeded that of top predators. In particular, the biomass of trematodes was greater than that of birds, fish, burrowing shrimps ...

Monogenean parasites are a significant concern in aquaculture, particularly affecting fish species raised for food. These parasites, which primarily attach to the skin and gills of fish ...

But in aquaculture, fish are kept at unnaturally high densities, so the parasites will exploit that, and their lives become easy. 'Much like with humans, high densities mean it is easier for diseases ...

More recently, the object of his fascination has turned to parasites. It’s the stuff of horror films: Smith recalls one that lives in the nostril of a crocodile fish. Another attacks the ...