The infection status of anisakid larvae in marine fish and cephalopods from the Bohai Sea, China and their taxonomical consideration

Korean J Parasitol. 1997 Mar;35(1):19-24. doi: 10.3347/kjp.1997.35.1.19.

Abstract

The infection status of anisakid larvae was examined in 290 marine fish of 25 species and in 108 cephalopods of 3 species purchased in Bayuquan region, Yingko city nearby the coast of the Bohai Sea from may to August 1992. A total of 7,327 larvae were collected from 156 fish of 19 species and 8 squids of one species. The 3rd-stage larvae of Anisakis simplex were collected from 121 fish (63.4%) of 15 species (N = 191) and from 8 squids (14.8%) of one species (N = 54), and they were total, 5,992 (81.8%). Out of remaining 1,335 larvae, 154 (2.1%) were classified as Thynnascaris type B from 23 fish of 4 species, 1,013 (13.8%) as Thynnascaris type C from 79 fish of 13 species. 164 (2.2%) as Hysterothylacium China type V from 20 fish of 4 species, 3 (0.04%) as Raphidascaris from 3 fish of 2 species and one was Pseudoterranova decipiens larva.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Anisakiasis / epidemiology
  • Anisakiasis / parasitology
  • Anisakiasis / veterinary*
  • Anisakis / classification*
  • Anisakis / isolation & purification
  • China
  • Decapodiformes / parasitology*
  • Fish Diseases / epidemiology
  • Fish Diseases / parasitology*
  • Fishes
  • Larva
  • Seawater