Fish Lice Facts: FISH PARASITES 🐟 Animal Fact Files

Описание: Fish lice are parasites. These small arthropods attached to hosts like carp, trout, minnows, and more. Fish lice can be mildly annoying to incredibly harmful to fish! Learn more fish lice facts on this episode of Animal Fact Files!

Scientific Name: Family - Argulidae
Range: worldwide
Habitat: fresh, brackish, and marine water
Size: typically under 0.25 inches (7mm) long
Diet: bodily fluids of host (such as blood)
Threats: Fish
Lifespan: 60 days to almost a year

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Fish Lice CARP LICE 0:00
Fish Lice HABTITAT 0:36
Fish Lice APPEARANCE 0:53
Fish Lice LIFE CYCLE 1:28
Fish Lice ON FISH 2:29
Thanks! 3:25
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Image and Video Credits:
Asvin Bahadur G.K -    • Argulus/ Fish Lice removed from Koi - Dece...  
JK Trk -    • haltetű – Branchiura  
Andrei Savitsky - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
Bex Goreham - https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/20...
KoiQuestion - https://flickr.com/photos/koiquest10/...
Donald Hobern - https://flickr.com/photos/dhobern/276...
Michal Grabowski - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
Alexander Klepnev - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...

Research Credits:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...
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https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/publication...

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