Pfiesteria

Pfiesteria
a toxic dinoflagellate, Pfiesteria piscicida, implicated in lesions on fish and in major fish kills both in aquaculture and the wild. Warm water, high nutrient levels and low dissolved oxygen levels appear to favour the development of this dinoflagellate which becomes toxic in the presence of fish schools. The trigger for toxicity may be fish secretions or faeces. This toxicity is controversial and still under investigation

Dictionary of ichthyology. 2009.

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