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JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY
Volume 62, Issue 4, Pages 976-981Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1046/j.1095-8649.2003.00078.x
Keywords
coral reef fishes; Gobiidae; gnathiid isopod; parasitism; toxins
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Toxic (Gobiodon spp.) and non-toxic (Paragobiodon xanthosomus) gobies became infected with external parasites (gnathiid isopods) at equal rates in a laboratory experiment. Parasites were evenly distributed over the body of P. xanthosomus but were mostly confined to the fins of Gobiodon spp., where toxin glands are less abundant. Skin toxins were not associated with the rate of infection but their distribution did appear to influence the site of parasite attachment. (C) 2003 The Fisheries Society of the British Isles.
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