Alert in the Peruvian Amazon: Scientists Find New Species of Parasite in Well-Known Fish for Human Consumption

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The specimens of curuhuara palometas were captured in the Nanay River and were marketed in Iquitos A group of Peruvian researchers have discovered a new species of parasite that attacks the curuhuara palometas, a fish much consumed in the Peruvian Amazon. The parasite, which they have named Anacanthorus santaclarae, by the place where it was found, was found in a fish specimen that was collected in a sampling of specimens marketed in the market …

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Recently, a team of Peruvian scientists has discovered a new species of parasite within the popular "curuhuara palometas", a highly appreciated edible resource in the Amazonian community. The discovery of these bacteria was made in the samples of fish marketed from the Santa Clara market in Iquitos. This discovery has unleashed a wave of uncertainty not only in the scientific community, but among the fishermen and inhabitants of the area, who co…