Table 1 Biological data of the fish species examined for the presence of larvae of Pseudoterranova sp. from the Patagonian coast of Argentina

Gadiformes: Merlucciidae

Macruronus magellanicus Lönnberg

3

56.7 ± 23.0 (40.1–83.0)

Merluccius hubbsi Marini

79

28.1 ± 4.2 (16.5–34.2)

Ophidiiformes: Ophidiidae

Genypterus blacodes (Forster)

44

39.7 ± 9.4 (24.7–58.5)

Raneya brasiliensis (Kaup)

16

21.2 ± 1.4 (18.2–23.3)

Perciformes: Bramidae

Brama brama (Bonnaterre)

2

60.5 ± 2.1 (59.0–62.0)

Perciformes: Bovichtidae

Cottoperca gobio (Günther)

8

30.2 ± 9.3 (22.0–52.0)

Perciformes: Centrolophidae

Seriolella porosa Guichenot

34

33.0 ± 5.6 (22.7–42.7)

Perciformes: Cheilodactylidae

Nemadactylus bergi (Norman)

32

25.6 ± 5.5 (11.4–34.6)

Perciformes: Mullidae

Mullus argentinae Hubbs & Marini

2

20.7 ± 0.4 (20.4–21.0)

Perciformes: Nototheniidae

Patagonotothen ramsayi (Regan)

84

24.9 ± 3.5 (14.7–31.7)

Perciformes: Percophidae

Percophis brasiliensis Quoy & Gaimard

8

45.3 ± 4.9 (37.1–51.8)

Perciformes: Pinguipedidae

Pseudopercis semifasciata (Cuvier)

31

26.5 ± 2.7 (22.3–32.2)

Perciformes: Scombridae

Scomber japonicus Houttuyn

13

42.7 ± 5.0 (32.5–48.0)

Perciformes: Serranidae

Acanthistius patachonicus (Jenyns)

16

30.0 ± 2.6 (24.1–34.2)

Perciformes: Stromateidae

Stromateus brasiliensis Fowler

73

27.5 ± 3.6 (13.7–36.4)

Pleuronectiformes: Paralichthyidae

Paralichthys isosceles Jordan

15

27.2 ± 5.3 (17.9–34.4)

Xystreurys rasile (Jordan)

29

32.8 ± 5.8 (21.9–42.6)

Scorpaeniformes: Congiopodidae

Congiopodus peruvianus (Cuvier)

15

23.9 ± 2.0 (21.0–28.0)

Scorpaeniformes: Sebastidae

Helicolenus lahillei Norman

6

28.8 ± 2.6 (25.9–32.5)

Scorpaeniformes: Triglidae

Prionotus nudigula Ginsburg

32

23.1 ± 2.8 (16.7–27.8)