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A NOTE ABOUT .. .
trematode Pholeter gastrophilus (Table 2 infested by whale-lice Isocyamus delphinii
and 3). The five mature males were also (Table 3).
Whale Body Age Testes Sexual Stomach
no. length (cm) (yr) weight (g) maturity content
5 324 3 172 immature ceph., no milk traces
8 430 10 305 immature ceph.
7 515 16 2014 maturing ceph. + fish
1 491 16 3505 mature ceph.
2 511 16 5926 mature ceph.
3 516 18 5402 mature ceph.
4 547 22 4976 mature ceph.
6 564 24 6310 mature ceph. + fish
Table 1. Details on the male-only pod landed November 18, 1989 in Tórshavn, Faroe Islands. Testes weight is
the combined weight of both testes without epididymis. Sexual maturity is the histological maturity of testicular tis-
sues. Legends for stomach contents and parasites are as follows: ceph., cephalopod beaks; fish, fish remains; I. d.,
Isocyamus delphinii.
Talva 1. Lýsing av grindini, ið legði beinini í Tórshavn 18 november 1989, har allir vóru hannhvalir. Samlaða
vektin á báðum eistunum uttan hjáeistuni er uppgivin. Kynsliga búningin er mett eftir vevnaðinum í eistunum.
Styttingamar fyri innihaldið í kíkunum og fyri snultararnar eru: ceph., nev av høgguslokki; fish, leivdir av fiski.
Tórshavn Vestmanna
Prevalence 100 % 100 %
Abundance 1,064.6 (s=652.2) 484.8 (s=211.7)
Table 2. Prevalance and abundance of Anisakis simplex in two schools of long-finned pilot whales, in Tórshavn
and in Vestmanna, landed November 18, 1989.
Talva 2. Títtleiki og nøgd av sandmaðkinum, Anisakis simplex í tveimum grindum, ið løgdu beinini í Tórshavn
og Vestmanna tann 18 november 1989.