Table 4 Morphometric data of third-stage larvae of Pseudoterranova cattani in seven fish species from South America

Hosts

Cilus gilberti

Genypterus maculatus

Merluccius gayi gayi

Paralichthys microps

Acanthistiu patachonicus

Percophis brasiliensis

Prionotus nudigula

Locality

Talcahuano,

Talcahuano,

Talcahuano,

Talcahuano,

Chubut,

Chubut,

Chubut,

Chile

Chile

Chile

Chile

Argentina

Argentina

Argentina

n

15

15

15

15

8

27

80

BL (mm)

30.1 ± 3.6

30.6 ± 5.8

28.5 ± 4.3

29.0 ± 5.8

18.3 ± 5.6 (8.4–23.8)

28.2 ± 5.1 (17.1–40.5)

31.1 ± 3.6 (23.8–43.2)

BW (mm)

0.7 ± 0.1

0.7 ± 0.1

0.8 ± 0.1

0.7 ± 0.1

0.6 ± 0.2 (0.5–0.8)

0.8 ± 0.1 (0.5–0.9)

0.9 ± 0.1 (0.7–1.4)

OL (mm)

1.7 ±0.2

1.7 ± 0.2

1.6 ± 0.3

1.6 ± 0.2

1.5 ± 0.3 (1.0–1.8)

1.8 ± 1.2 (1.4–2.1)

2.0 ± 0.2 (1.4–2.4)

GVL (mm)

1.0 ± 0.1

0.9 ± 0.1

0.8 ± 0.3

1.0 ± 0.1

0.8 ± 0.2 (0.5 – 1.0)

1.0 ± 0.1 (0.7–1.3)

1.2 ± 0.2 (0.7–1.5)

ICL (mm)

0.8 ± 0.1

0.7 ± 0.2

0.7 ± 0.2

0.8 ± 0.2

0.7 ± 0.1 (0.5–0.8)

1.0 ± 0.2 (0.6–1.7)

1.1 ± 0.2 (0.4–1.7)

TL (mm)

0.1 ± 0.0

0.1 ± 0.0

0.1 ± 0.0

0.1 ± 0.0

0.1 ± 0.0 (0.1–0.2)

0.1 ± 0.0 (0.1–0.2)

0.2 ± 0.0 (0.1–0.2)

BL/BW

41.3 ± 6.9

42.0 ± 8.4

35.4 ± 6.7

42.4 ± 6.7

28.6 ± 5.4 (16.8–34.0)

37.8 ± 5.1 (22.1–50.6)

34.3 ± 5.3 (22.8–47.9)

BL/OL

17.5 ± 2.3

17.8 ± 2.9

18.4 ± 4.1

17.9 ± 3.3

11.8 ± 2.1 (8.4–14.9)

15.7 ± 2.2 (10.9–20.8)

15.5 ±2.3 (11.5–22.4)

BL/GVL

30.6 ± 4.7

34.3 ± 5.2

37.5 ± 11.6

29.9 ± 5.1

25.7 ± 8.5 (15.4–36.8)

27.4 ± 4.5 (18.4–36.8)

27.3 ± 4.8 (20.5–40.3)

BL/ICL

38.0 ± 6.5

44.0 ± 8.6

42.1 ± 15.6

39.3 ± 9.8

28.8 ± 9.5 (18.0–45.2)

28.8 ± 4.8 (18.3–37.5)

29.0 ± 6.8 (20.2–59.8)

GVL/ICL

1.3 ± 0.3

1.3 ± 0.3

1.2 ± 0.5

1.3 ± 0.3

1.2 ± 0.2 (0.9–1.4)

1.1 ± 0.1 (0.8–1.3)

1.1 ± 0.2 (0.8–1.6)

BL/TL

277.1 ± 58.7

289.9 ± 46.3

235.3 ± 73.3

267.9 ± 127.0

133.2 ± 45.6 (76.4–210.0)

199.3 ± 45.4 (134.9–334.7)

205.6 ± 40.4 (114.4–305.0)