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infected by mature stage M. 

 macropharynx, virtually all were 

 of a FI >0.26 (Table 3). The four 

 armorhead with FI <0.26 and un- 

 infected by mature M. macro- 

 pharynx had FI values disjunct 

 from similarly un-infected armor- 

 head with FI >0.26 (Fig. 2). Mean 

 FI's of the seamount armorhead 

 group (FI >0.26) without mature 

 M. macropharynx (x = 0.291) and 

 the epipelagic group (x = 0.307) 

 were significantly different (i-test, 

 P < 0.001). From samples of sea- 

 mount armorhead (FI >0.26) ex- 

 amined for prevalence of mature 

 stage M. macropharynx, the per- 

 centage of those found without 

 mature M. macropharynx was 

 higher in the June-August 

 samples (Table 3). However, these 

 latter results did not always cor- 

 respond with peaks in the pro- 

 portion of the seamount 

 armorhead population (with FI 

 >0.26) obtained from stock assess- 



