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 Opakapaka (Pristipomoides filamentosus)

Opakapaka is an Hawaiian Deepwater Snapper under development for aquaculture.

Figure 18 (click for a larger view, 16.9 kilobytes)  Diplectanum sp., a gill monogenean from opakapaka. Monogeneans may proliferate on confined fish and cause disease.
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Figure 19 (click for a larger view, 9.1 kilobytes)  Cryptocaryon irritans. This ciliate protozoan causes severe gill and skin disease in warm water marine aquaculture and ornamental aquaria.
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Figure 20 (click for a larger view, 11.3 kilobytes)  A caligid copepod from the skin of opakapaka. These type of copepods may proliferate on fish in seawater netpen culture and cause disease.
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