A Napoleon fish (Cheilinus undulatus) was infected with both an acid-fast bacterium and an imperfect fungus. This is the first report of an acid-fast bacterial infection in Cheilinus undulatus, and the first observation of an imperfect fungus in the swim bladder of a tropical marine fish.
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1 October 1993
Mixed Infection of an Acid-fast Bacterium and an Imperfect Fungus in a Napoleon Fish (Cheilinus undulatus)
Shinpei Wada,
Kishio Hatai,
Eri Tanaka,
Tohru Kitahara
Journal of Wildlife Diseases
Vol. 29 • No. 4
October 1993
Vol. 29 • No. 4
October 1993
acid-fast bacterium
Cheilinus undulatus
histopathology
imperfect fungus
Napoleon fish