DISEASES O F MARINE FISHES
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cod, haddock, redfish, flatfishes and herring (Kahl, 1938b). The larvae
may occasionally invade the flesh, particularly after the host fish is
killed. Several recent papers from The Netherlands (Kuipers ef nl.,
1960; Roskam, 1960; van Thiel et al., 1960) described severe human
FIn. 9. Pathologiral livers resulting from infestation by l ~ r ~ a l
C'o/llrctcrrc,c./r,//. Ltvers
(Iteclrann frorn
are from Baltic cod of equal size, and the uppermost is normal.
Dogiel, Petrushevskii and Polyanski, 1958.)
digestive disturbances after eating lightly salted " green " herring that
contained larval E. rotundaturn. As with other larval Heterocheilidae,
the taxonomy of the parasite is still confused; Punt (1941), Berland
(1961) and Roskam (1963) considered it a member of the genus Anisakis.
It can be seen readily from these brief examples that infestation
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cod, haddock, redfish, flatfishes and herring (Kahl, 1938b). The larvae
may occasionally invade the flesh, particularly after the host fish is
killed. Several recent papers from The Netherlands (Kuipers ef nl.,
1960; Roskam, 1960; van Thiel et al., 1960) described severe human
FIn. 9. Pathologiral livers resulting from infestation by l ~ r ~ a l
C'o/llrctcrrc,c./r,//. Ltvers
(Iteclrann frorn
are from Baltic cod of equal size, and the uppermost is normal.
Dogiel, Petrushevskii and Polyanski, 1958.)
digestive disturbances after eating lightly salted " green " herring that
contained larval E. rotundaturn. As with other larval Heterocheilidae,
the taxonomy of the parasite is still confused; Punt (1941), Berland
(1961) and Roskam (1963) considered it a member of the genus Anisakis.
It can be seen readily from these brief examples that infestation