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A creek chub with black spot disease. Black spot disease is a disease affecting fish. It is caused by larvae (metacercariae) of Diplostomatidae or Heterophyidae flatworms, which are encysted in the skin. It can affect both freshwater and marine [1] fish. [2] [3] It appears as tiny black spots on the skin, fins, and flesh of the fish.
The cunner (Tautogolabrus adspersus), also known as the blue perch, bergall, chogset, choggie, [2] conner or sea perch, [3] is a species of wrasse native to the northwestern Atlantic, where it is found from the Gulf of St. Lawrence and Newfoundland to the Chesapeake Bay.
This is a medium-sized fish that can reach a length of 60 centimeters (24 in). Small individuals are dark brown with hundreds of small, dark-edged iridescent blue spots. Larger specimens sometimes develop four to six lighter vertical bars on the back half of its body. [3] Cephalopholis argus, Vilamendhoo Maldives
[4] [5] Argulus species can have a major impact on Atlantic salmonids, especially caged fish. Sea lice are ectoparasites which feed on mucus, blood, and skin, and migrate and latch onto the skin of wild salmon during free-swimming, planktonic nauplii and copepodid larval stages, which can persist for several days.
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Deep black to tan fish with blue spots throughout. 50 cm (19.7 in) Blue line grouper: Cephalopholis formosa: No: Dark tan with horizontal blue stripes that are not particularly straight. The caudal fin has more of these stripes, and they radiate from the base of the fin out to the tips. 34 cm (13.4 in) Chalk bass: Serranus tortugarum: Yes
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