Table 1 The metazoan parasites of the shoal flounder Syacium gunteri in the southern Gulf of Mexico

Number of fish examined

Standard length (cm)

Weight (g)

Body condition (Fulton’s index)

CN

%

MA ± SD

%

MA ± SD

%

MA ± SD

%

MA ± SD

Digenea

Lecitochirium sp.^A,I

9341

2.00

0.04 ± 0.31

-

-

9.30

0.16 ± 0.65

-

-

Stephanostomum sp.^L,F

9342

17.50

1.25 ± 5.36

18.63

1.28 ± 6.06

37.21

2.74 ± 6.59

-

-

Nematoda

Anisakis typica ^L,Me

9343

0.50

0.01 ± 0.07

-

-

2.33

0.02 ± 0.15

-

-

Capillariidae gen. sp.^A,I

9344

1.50

0.03 ± 0.26

2.94

0.06 ± 0.37

-

-

-

-

Hysterothylacium sp.^L,Me

9345

17.00

1.58 ± 4.48

13.73

0.93 ± 2.84

39.53

4.56 ± 7.66

5.45

0.44 ± 2.03

Pseudoterranova decipiens ^L,Me

9346

53.00

3.10 ± 5.27

53.92

2.69 ± 4.34

51.16

5.23 ± 7.58

50.91

2.18 ± 4.21

Spirocamallanus halitropus ^A,I

9347

3.50

0.09 ± 0.62

0.98

0.01 ± 0.10

9.30

0.28 ± 1.16

3.64

0.09 ± 0.55

Cestoda

Nybelinia sp.^L,I

9348

2.50

0.23 ± 1.94

0.98

0.01 ± 0.10

9.30

1.05 ± 4.11

-

-

Kotorella pronosoma.^L,I

9349

4.00

1.47 ± 8.55

4.90

2.02 ± 10.09

6.98

2.02 ± 9.88

-

-

Oncomegas wageneri ^L,I

9350

81.50

35.72 ± 45.49

83.33

37.83 ± 50.62

76.74

24.19 ± 38.33

81.82

40.80 ± 39.38

Tetraphyllidea gen. sp.^L,I

9351

0.50

0.09 ± 1.27

-

-

2.33

0.42 ± 2.74

-

-

Acanthocephala

Serrasentis sagittifer ^A,I

9352

4.50

0.12 ± 0.79

5.88

0.14 ± 0.76

6.98

0.23 ± 1.23

-

-

Arthropoda

Caligus pomacentrus ^A,G

29653*

2.00

0.02 ± 0.14

0.98

0.01 ± 0.10

6.98

0.07 ± 0.26

-

-