Ewww... fish-tongue eating bug!!

[Pyroman]

http://www.aqua101.org/images/thumbs/tongue_fish.jpg (http://aqua101.org/32/ewww-fish-tongue-eating-bug/)
http://aqua101.org/32/ewww-fish-tongue-eating-bug/

Keep these away from my tank! A fish-tongue-eating-bug was found in Brittan, supposedly they only attack fish, but just the thought gives me the willies.

[merman]

Very common in salwater fish in Sydney worse still find them in leatherjacjets eating up their insides, called doctors when we found them in fish. Yes they are very grose

[Benny]

ive found them in slimey macarel alot..

its worse when you kill the fish and then u find the bugs crawling out of their mouthes..!! YUK!

also i didnt think fish had tongues?

Benny

[marg]

Yuck, that is totally gross :roll: :roll: :roll:

[nicholas76]

these are no big deal at all .

you get them al lthe time in trevally and bream in salt water .

basically cleaner bugs, they tend to drop out or fall off when you catch a fish anyway.

[blackwater spa]

I've never seen one but a mate up in Coff's Harbour who does a lot of fishing told me about them a long time ago.

I remember being freaked out back then just from being told to expect these worms to come crawling out of a mulloway that he had caught.

Now I've seen the pic I'm sure glad I haven't come face to face with any live ones!!

I don't think I'll be having sushi anytime soon...EEEWWW!!!

[marg]

Yeah, like I said "Yuck".