Hamdi, Ilhem http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5297-7417
Benmansour, Bouchra http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8315-3309
Zouari-Tlig, Sabiha http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1621-1377
Kamanli, Seyit Ali http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9118-4591
Özak, Argun Akif http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6743-4178
Boxshall, Geoffrey Allan http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8170-7734
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ministère de l’Enseignement Supérieur et de la Recherche Scientifique
Article History
Received: 28 April 2020
Accepted: 25 September 2020
First Online: 19 November 2020
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: All procedures performed in studies involving animals were in accordance with the ethical standards of the University of Tunis El Manar in Tunis, Tunisia. All applicable international, national and/or institutional guidelines for the use and care of animals were followed. Fish samples studied in this study were maintained according to the guidelines of the animal facility at Laboratory of Biodiversity, Parasitology and Ecology of Aquatic Ecosystems Faculty of Sciences of Tunis, University of Tunis El Manar. Specimens of the <i>Caligus</i> species used herein, were collected from purchased dead fish samples caught by the local fishermen. Previously fixed specimens of the other species of <i>Caligus</i> stored in the collections of the Aquatic Parasitology Museum of the Faculty of Fisheries in Cukurova University (CUMAP) were used for the habitus drawings. Therefore, this study was granted exemption from requiring ethics approval.