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  1. First account of the metazoan parasite fauna of oilfish <em>Ruvettus pretiosus</em> Cocco, 1829 (Perciformes: Gempylidae) in South African waters

    First account of the metazoan parasite fauna of oilfish Ruvettus pretiosus Cocco, 1829 (Perciformes: Gempylidae) in South African waters

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Irfan Nunkoo --- Department of Biological Sciences, South Africa Mark J Weston --- Department of Biological Sciences, South Africa Cecile C Reed --- Department of Biological Sciences, South Africa Carl D van der Lingen --- Marine Research Institute and Department of Biological Sciences, South Africa Sven Kerwath --- Department of Biological Sciences, South Africa
    Parasites are an important but neglected component of ecosystems that can be used as indicators of host biology and ecology. In the present study, the metazoan parasite assemblage of Ruvettus pretiosus, an understudied but widely distributed predatory gempylid, caught off...
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