Gizmodo

Here’s One of the Creepiest Things You Could Catch While Fishing

Wildlife officials in Texas found a fish with its tongue cut off and replaced by a crustacean parasite—all part of the circle of life. Reading time 2 minutes Wildlife officials in Texas recently ...
Newsweek

‘Martian’ Parasite Masquerading As Fish Tongue Found in Texas Park

A post shared online by Galveston Island State Park has taught some Texans about the existence of a common parasite that terrifyingly replaces the tongues of fish. The parasite, which the park ...
foxsanantonio

Spooky-looking parasite found inside fish's mouth

GALVESTON, Texas - Just in time for Halloween, Texas Parks and Wildlife spotted a really spooky-looking parasite inside a fish's mouth. It is truly the stuff of nightmares. "Inside this Atlantic ...
JSTOR Daily

Modeling the Population Effects of Hypoxia on Atlantic Croaker (Micropogonias undulatus) in the Northwestern Gulf of Mexico: Part 2—Realistic Hypoxia and Eutrophication

Kenneth A. Rose, Sean Creekmore, Dubravko Justić, Peter Thomas, J. Kevin Craig, Rachael Miller Neilan, Lixia Wang, Md Saydur Rahman and David Kidwell Estuaries and Coasts Vol. 41, No. 1, Special ...
Houston Chronicle

'Spooky' tongue-eating parasite found in fish at Galveston Island State Park

Officials with Galveston Island State Park recently came across a "spooky" discovery: a fish with a beady-eyed creature staring out from its mouth. The unsuspecting fish, an Atlantic Croaker, had ...