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Diseases - Ichthyophonus Thumb

Detailed Description

Wild Pacific herring from Puget Sound demonstrating external signs of Ichthyophonus disease. Note the presence of pigmented, black ulcers on the flank where Ichthyophonus spherical bodies ruptured through the skin.

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Public Domain.