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Table 1 Summary statistics of Asian fish tapeworm Schyzocotyle acheilognathi in fish collected from Michigan baitfish retailers

From: The Asian fish tapeworm Schyzocotyle acheilognathi is widespread in baitfish retail stores in Michigan, USA

Fish species

Fish TL range (cm)

Fish weight range (g)

No. of lots examined

No. of lots infected

No. of fish examined

No. of fish infected

Mean within lot prevalence ± SD (%)

Mean within lot abundance ± SD

Mean within lot intensity ± SD

Emerald shiners

3.5–11.5

0.1–10.5

42

40

2520

512

20.3 ± 14.0

1.15 ± 1.34

4.3 ± 2.6

Golden shiners

7.8–14.5

3.3–28.4

11

7

660

55

8.3 ± 10.7

0.89 ± 1.27

6.6 ± 6.7

Sand shiners

5.0–6.5

0.7–1.4

3

1

180

3

1.3 ± 2.6

0.02 ± 0.05

0.3 ± 0.7

Fathead minnowsa

3.5–7.2

0.4–3.9

30

0

1800

0

0

0

0

Spottail shiners

2.1–6.1

0.1–1.4

1

0

60

0

0

0

0

Northern redbelly dace

5.9–8.2

1.7–5.9

1

0

60

0

0

0

0

Blacknose dace

9.6–12.6

6.9–20.2

1

0

60

0

0

0

0

Mixed weed and sand shiners

6.8–8.4

2.3–4.6

1

0

60

0

0

0

0

Total

  

90

48

5400

574

   
  1. Abbreviations: SD standard deviation, TL fork length
  2. aOne lot was rosy fathead minnow phenotype