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Dark spots are Echinochasmus (trematode) metacercaria in gills.

Host tissue:

gills

Photographer / Illustrator:

Craig Banner

Pathogen life stage:

metacercaria

Image type:

Light Micrograph

Bright Field

unstained

Trematode metacercaria in gills.

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