Name That Fish Disease!

Before you go ahead and click the images below, be warned, its pretty nasty! However, this disease is fairly common and can effect multiple species of fish. This particular case is the worst I have seen to date.

Diseased PikeDiseased Pike

Caught and photographed by Luc Graveline. The pike was caught in the Lavase River, in North Bay Ontario.

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October 19, 2009 by Clive Mathias

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  • avatar Jonathon Marshall
    2 years, 3 months ago #

    Wow, that is the worst case I’ve ever seen as well.. That does not look like a healthy pike..

  • avatar Fheranndo
    2 years, 3 months ago #

    Yikes!!!
    Talk about a fish with Frakles…
    Don’t know if I have the stomach to handle a fish in that condition even though the disease does not tranfer to humans.

    The Disease is called:
    Uvulifer ambloplitis (“black spot” in fish)
    Other Common Name: Black grub.

    Very well explained in this link.

    Cheers,

    http://www.answers.com/topic/black-spot-flatworm

  • avatar Fhernando
    2 years, 3 months ago #

    Hey… What happened to my disease description?

  • avatar Clive Mathias
    2 years, 3 months ago #

    Its there, it just didnt get automatically approved for some reason. And you are correct!

  • avatar Fheranndo
    2 years, 3 months ago #

    lol…

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