Theresa T Cody, Yasunari Kiryu, Micah D Bakenhaster, Kuttichantran Subramaniam, Maki Tabuchi, Mohammad Shamim Ahasan, Holden E Harris, Jan H Landsberg, Thomas B Waltzek, Alexander Q Fogg, Colin Shea, Deborah B Pouder, William F Patterson, Meaghan E Emory, Roy P Yanong
OBJECTIVE: Cutaneous ulcerative skin lesions in a complex of invasive Gulf of Mexico lionfish (Red Lionfish Pterois volitans, Devil Firefish P. miles, and the hybrid Red Lionfish × Devil Firefish) became epizootic beginning in mid-August 2017. Herein, we provide the first pathological descriptions of these lesions and summarize our analyses to elucidate the etiology of the disease. METHODS: We examined ulcerated and normal fish through gross pathology and histopathology, bacterial sampling, and unbiased metagenomic next-generation sequencing...
January 27, 2023: Journal of Aquatic Animal Health