ATLANTIC-OCEAN OCCURRENCES OF THE SEA LAMPREY, PETROMYZON-MARINUS (PETROMYZONTIFORMES, PETROMYZONTIDAE), PARASITIZING SANDBAR, CARCHARHINUS-PLUMBEUS, AND DUSKY, C-OBSCURUS (CARCHARHINIFORMES, CARCHARHINIDAE), SHARKS OFF NORTH-CAROLINA AND SOUTH-CAROLINA

Authors
JENSEN C SCHWARTZ FJ
Citation
C. Jensen et Fj. Schwartz, ATLANTIC-OCEAN OCCURRENCES OF THE SEA LAMPREY, PETROMYZON-MARINUS (PETROMYZONTIFORMES, PETROMYZONTIDAE), PARASITIZING SANDBAR, CARCHARHINUS-PLUMBEUS, AND DUSKY, C-OBSCURUS (CARCHARHINIFORMES, CARCHARHINIDAE), SHARKS OFF NORTH-CAROLINA AND SOUTH-CAROLINA, Brimleyana, (21), 1994, pp. 69-72
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Zoology
Journal title
Brimleyana → ACNP
ISSN journal
01934406
Issue
21
Year of publication
1994
Pages
69 - 72
Database
ISI
SICI code
0193-4406(1994):21<69:AOOTSL>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
Sandbar and dusky sharks captured in 1993 in western Atlantic Ocean wa ters off North and South Carolina were parasitized by sea lampreys. Al l lampreys were females ranging from 165 to 343 mm total length. Remov al of an attached lamprey revealed round, reddish and/or bleeding area s on a shark's body. Blood oozing from a lamprey's cloaca indicated th at feeding was occurring or had occurred.