Trematoda |
Strigeata |
Bucephalidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Host. Tropical
Western Central Atlantic and the Red Sea.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 0.1 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 359)
Length: 0.07 to 0.13 cm. Minuscule, elongate fluke with a relatively small, simple rhynchus. Ear-like anterior projections of the body occur on either side of the rhynchus. Eggs: not found in the anterior part of the body (Ref. 359).
Host Specificity: This parasite is genus specific to barracuda (Sphyraena). Habitat (vertebrates): worldwide parasite of barracudas (Ref. 359).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Members of the class Trematoda are parasitic, thus requires a host to survive. Life cycle: Eggs are passed on to the feces of the hosts. Embryos hatch into miracidia and penetrate the tissues of snails where they further undergo three stages: sporocysts
Williams, E.H. Jr. and L. Bunkley-Williams 1996 Parasites of offshore big game fishes of Puerto Rico and the Western Atlantic. Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environment Resources, San Juan, PR, and the University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, PR, 382 p. 320 drawings. (Ref. 359)
IUCN Red List Status
(Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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Diet composition
Food consumption
Predators
Population dynamicsGrowth
Max. ages / sizes
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Length-length rel.
Length-frequencies
Mass conversion
Abundance
Life cycleReproductionMaturityFecunditySpawningEggsEgg developmentLarvae PhysiologyOxygen consumption
Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
Internet sources
Estimates based on models
Fishing Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category
Unknown.
