C3I^ 



ADULT T/LPEWORll 

 Bi INTESTINE CF BUCK BASS 



BECOIIBS ADULT WORM IF 



BATKN BY BLACK BASS / 



/ 



REMAIKS AS LAFVA IK ADULT BASS 

 "HIGH MAY ALSO RAT PROCERCOIDS 

 THAT ARE IN THE STOMACH OF FOOD FISH 

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 V 



COPEPOD 



BECOMES PliROCERCOH) LARVA 

 lU VISCERA CF FISH 



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"RIPE" SEGMENTS CF WORM 

 PASS OUT WITH FECES 



\ 



BGGS ARE FREED AND 

 KATEN BY COPEPOD 



BECOMES PROCERCOID 

 LARVA IN COPEPd) 



Figure 13,--Life cycle of the bass tapeworm, Proteocephalus ambloplitis. Outer circle (solid line) includes the worm staRcs. Inner 



circle (brol<en line) includes the hosts. 



Figure 14.--LigiJa intestinalis (tapeworm larva) in the chub, Couesius plumbeus. (C>ourtesy of the New York Conservation D^>artment). 



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