A potential role for invasive sunbleak in the further dissemination of a non-native parasite

Authors: Beyer, K., Kochanowska, D., Longshaw, M., Feist, S.W. and Gozlan, R.E.

Journal: Journal of Fish Biology

Volume: 67

Issue: 6

Pages: 1730-1733

eISSN: 1095-8649

ISSN: 0022-1112

DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2005.00859.x

Abstract:

Since its first introduction to English waters in the mid 1980s, sunbleak Leucaspius delineatus has spread widely and it is shown in the present study that this non-native cyprinid is a new host for Neoergasilus japonicus. This copepod parasite from South East Asia has a limited host range and distribution in the U.K. Rapid dispersal of sunbleak in the U.K. raises concerns for further dispersal of this introduced parasite. © The Fisheries Society of the British Isles, 2005.

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