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RTLA 1708 (contd.) 
Diagnosis; Probably an unusual type of host response to a para¬ 
site (trematode ?); nematodes were associated with 
the viscera 
Submitter: A. J. Mearns 
RTLA 1709. Gulf 
Material: 
Habitat: 
Diagnosis: 
Submitter: 
croaker, Micropogon megalops 
Gross specimen with widely-scattered lesions on the 
body and fins and with enlarged lips; specimen form 
and catalog record form 
Golfo de California: Puerto Penasco; Station Beach, 
Mexico 
Probably an unusual type of host response to a para¬ 
site (trematode ?) 
A. J. Mearns 
RTLA 
1710. Brown 
Material; 
Habitat: 
Diagnosis: 
Submitter: 
shrimp, Penaeus aztecus 
Six microscope slides 
Reared at the University of Arizona-University of 
Sonora shrimp culture research station at Puerto 
Penasco, Sonora, Mexico 
Papillary hyperplasia of the epidermis 
D. V. Lightner 
RTLA 1711. Rose 
Material: 
Diagnosis: 
Submitter: 
bitterling, Rhodeus ocellatus 
Five microscope slides; 4 black and white photographs 
Nephroblastoma 
Prince Masahito Hitachi 
RTLA 1712. Kinubari, Pterogoblus elapoides 
Material: One microscope slide; 1 black and white photograph 
Habitat: Enoshima Aquarium, Japan 
Diagnosis: Adenoma 
Submitter: Prince Masahito Hitachi 
RTLA 
1713. Coho 
Material: 
Habitat; 
Diagnosis: 
Submitter: 
salmon, Oncorhynchus klsutch 
Six color transparencies; 1 electron photomicrograph 
Pacific Ocean off Newport, Oregon 
Response to a parasitic (microsporidan ?; haplospori- 
dan ?) infestation of kidney tubules 
R. Stroud 
RTLA 
1714. Lane 
Material: 
Habitat: 
Diagnosis; 
Submitter: 
snapper, Lutjanus synagris 
Gross specimen with tail erosion 
North Biscayne Bay, Miami, Florida 
Ulceration and fibrosis 
W. Kandrashoff 
RTLA 1715. Sea catfish, Arlus fells 
Material: Gross specimen with amorphous, flush skin lesions var¬ 
iously located on trunk 
North Biscayne Bay, Miami, Florida 
Habitat; 
