Black Spot Syndrome in ocean surgeonfish: using video-based surveillance to quantify disease severity and test environmental drivers

CDG de Wit, PTJ Johnson - Marine Biology, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Observations of Black Spot Syndrome (BSS), a pigmented dermatopathy in marine
fishes, have been increasingly reported in important grazers such as surgeonfish and …

Expanding on expansus: A new species of Scaphanocephalus from North America and the Caribbean based on molecular and morphological data

SA Locke, DM Calhoun, JMV Cruz, ET Ebbs… - Parasitology, 2024 - cambridge.org
Members of the genus Scaphanocephalus mature in accipitrids, particularly osprey, Pandion
haliaetus, with metacercaria causing Black Spot Syndrome in reef fishes. In most of the …