inside the gut of larval fishes

I have been working on gut contents of larval fishes in Yangtze River estuary for a while. Besides a lot of Cladocera and Copepods, some other creatures occurred unexpectedly, like insects and parasites as below.

trematode from gut of larval fish

trematode parasite hooked gut of larval fish

insect from gut of larval fish

 

 

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