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Oncophora melanocephala (Nematoda, Camallanidae) from the chub mackerel, Scomber japonicus (Teleostei, Scombridae), caught off Madeira Island (Portugal)

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While investigating the nematode parasites of commercial fish caught off the coast of Madeira Island (Atlantic Ocean, Portugal), we collected five specimens of Oncophora melanocephala (Rudolphi, 1819) (Nematoda, Camallanidae) infecting the chub mackerel Scomber japonicus Houttuyn. This is the first record of O. melanocephala from chub mackerel and a new geographic record. Four additional larval specimens with developing buccal capsules were found in the chub mackerel examined.

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  1. Centro de Estudos da Macaronésia, CEM, Campus da Penteada, 9000-390, Funchal, Portugal

    Graça Costa, Nélio Freitas, Miguel A. A. Pinheiro de Carvalho & Egberto Melo-Moreira

  2. Marine Science Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, California, 93106-6150, USA

    Mark C. Rigby

  3. Parsons, 406 West South Jordan Parkway, Suite 300, South Jordan, UT, 84095, USA

    Mark C. Rigby

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Costa, G., Freitas, N., Pinheiro de Carvalho, M.A.A. et al. Oncophora melanocephala (Nematoda, Camallanidae) from the chub mackerel, Scomber japonicus (Teleostei, Scombridae), caught off Madeira Island (Portugal). Acta Parasit. 54, 253–256 (2009). https://doi.org/10.2478/s11686-009-0032-4

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