Biosphoto | 2586971 | Sea lice Anilocra capensis and Nerocila armata. Small isopod crustaceans that parasitize fish by feeding on their fluids. In the image on the fin of a catalufa (Heteropriacanthus cruentatus). Tenerife, Canary Islands. | © Sergio Hanquet / Biosphoto
Biosphoto | 2586971 | Sea lice Anilocra capensis and Nerocila armata. Small isopod crustaceans that parasitize fish by feeding on their fluids. In the image on the fin of a catalufa (Heteropriacanthus cruentatus). Tenerife, Canary Islands. | © Sergio Hanquet / Biosphoto
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Sea lice Anilocra capensis and Nerocila armata. Small isopod crustaceans that parasitize fish by feeding on their fluids. In the image on the fin of a catalufa (Heteropriacanthus cruentatus). Tenerife, Canary Islands.

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2586971
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Right Managed
Date of shooting
2024-07-28