Small white spots on fin or skin
Cyptocaryon irritans (white spot, marine ich)
Small white spots that come and go
Gyrodactylus (leech-like parasite) or other flukes
Tiny white spots or velvety appeareance
Amyloodinium ocellatum (marine velvet)
Whitish fluffy patches on skin or fins
Lymphocystis (virus)
Gray or white patches on skin or fins
Chondrococcus columnaris (Flexibacter)- bacterial
Nodules visible beneath the skin, white or dark
Glugea, or Henneguya; Cestoda (tapeworm larvae)
Nodular white swellings on skin or fins
Lymphocystis (virus)
Red streaks on skin or fins
Vibrio or other bacteria
Destruction of tail or fins
Vibrio, pseudomonas
Ulceration of skin
Ichthyosporidium (fungus), Vibrio or other bacteria
Yellow to black nodules on or below skin
Ichthyosporidium
Wasting, hollow belly
Mycobacterium marinum (relative of tuberculosis) [this can be contagious to humans] or underfeeding
Scale protusion, often reddish, with normal body
Bacterial infection of scales
Scale protusion due to an inflated body
fish dropsy
Pop-Eye, Cloudy Eyes
Gas embolism, copper poisoning
Cloudy eyes, even blindness
Toxins, severe white spot or velvet
Destruction of lateral line
Viral attack
Crustaceans on skin
Copepods
Spinal deformity
Mycobacterium marinum, vitamin or calcium shartage, genetic or Ichthyosporidium
Sources:
Marine Fishes & Invertebrates - Dr Cliff Emmens 1995
www.wetwatermedia.com
Home - Reefkeeping Magazine Online
Cyptocaryon irritans (white spot, marine ich)
Small white spots that come and go
Gyrodactylus (leech-like parasite) or other flukes
Tiny white spots or velvety appeareance
Amyloodinium ocellatum (marine velvet)
Whitish fluffy patches on skin or fins
Lymphocystis (virus)
Gray or white patches on skin or fins
Chondrococcus columnaris (Flexibacter)- bacterial
Nodules visible beneath the skin, white or dark
Glugea, or Henneguya; Cestoda (tapeworm larvae)
Nodular white swellings on skin or fins
Lymphocystis (virus)
Red streaks on skin or fins
Vibrio or other bacteria
Destruction of tail or fins
Vibrio, pseudomonas
Ulceration of skin
Ichthyosporidium (fungus), Vibrio or other bacteria
Yellow to black nodules on or below skin
Ichthyosporidium
Wasting, hollow belly
Mycobacterium marinum (relative of tuberculosis) [this can be contagious to humans] or underfeeding
Scale protusion, often reddish, with normal body
Bacterial infection of scales
Scale protusion due to an inflated body
fish dropsy
Pop-Eye, Cloudy Eyes
Gas embolism, copper poisoning
Cloudy eyes, even blindness
Toxins, severe white spot or velvet
Destruction of lateral line
Viral attack
Crustaceans on skin
Copepods
Spinal deformity
Mycobacterium marinum, vitamin or calcium shartage, genetic or Ichthyosporidium
Sources:
Marine Fishes & Invertebrates - Dr Cliff Emmens 1995
www.wetwatermedia.com
Home - Reefkeeping Magazine Online
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