Citation: Cross, T.F. & Johnson, S.P. 1976 The parasitic copepod, Caligus elongatus Nordmann, 1832, on the bluefish, Pomatomus saltatrix (L.,1758): a first host record. Irish Naturalists' Journal 18: 337
Number of Pages: 1
Volume Part: 11
Keywords: Copepoda, Crustacea, Fauna, Marine, Open Coast, Parasite, Sublittoral
Abstract: A short note on the ectoparasitic copepod Caligus elongatus. In July 1973 it was discovered on a bluefish Pomatomus saltatrix captured off Ballycotton, Co. Cork. This was the first reported occurrence of the bluefish in the north eastern Atlantic, north of Spain and the first record of the bluefish as a host species to this copepod.