Infection with Cladosporium sp., a deuteromycete, caused a deep dermal ulcer that extended to bone in a cultured tomato clownfish (Amphiprion frenatus). The infection may have been secondary to immunosuppression resulting from transport or confinement-induced stress or may have resulted from chronic exposure to copper. Reports of fungal infections in tropical marine fish are rare.
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1 June 2000
CLADOSPORIOSIS IN A TOMATO CLOWNFISH (AMPHIPRION FRENATUS)
Umaporn Silphaduang,
Kishio Hatai,
Shinpei Wada,
Edward Noga
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Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine
Vol. 31 • No. 2
June 2000
Vol. 31 • No. 2
June 2000
Amphiprion frenatus
chronic inflammation
Cladosporium sp.
cranial ulceration
tropical marine fish