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A single parasite (Gyrodactylus) showing the basal hooks by which it attachesitself to the skin

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Description

A single parasite (Gyrodactylus) showing the basal hooks by which it attachesitself to the skin. Enlarged 135 times. Gyrodactylus is a highly dangerousflatworm parasite living on the skin of fish.

Credit

NOAA Central Library Historical Fisheries Collection

Collection

Historic Fisheries