I was like, 'Oh, gross.'" This was no fish food. It was a parasitic isopod known as a tongue-eating louse. The tongue-eating louse enters a fish's mouth through its gills, latches onto its tongue ...

The tongue-eating louse attaches itself to the fish’s mouth and then replaces the tongue, according to the Houston Chronicle. The parasite then survives in the fish’s mouth by feeding on the ...

Suffolk Coastal Port Health Authority Also known as the tongue-eating louse, Cymothoa exigua, as well as other related parasite species, infect a wide range of fish species worldwide, including ...

A parasite known as ‘the tongue-eating louse’ has been discovered among an import of fish. Cymothoa exigua, a parasitic isopod, is typically found south of the Gulf of California. The creepy ...

In Southern California, a quiet but widespread public health risk has taken root in the region’s freshwater fishing spots.

SMIT: The amazing thing about this is that the fish doesn’t really then have a choice, because the parasite function as the tongue. So it needs the parasite to continue to be able to eat and all ...

The parasite enters the host fish via the gills and secures itself there until the maturation process is completed. They then sever the blood vessels in the fish’s tongue, causing it to fall off.

A rare parasite that is usually found near the Mexican coast has been discovered in an imported box of fish in Suffolk. The cymothoa exigua – known as the ‘tongue-eating louse’ – found their way to ...

Image: Pic: Suffolk Coastal Port Health Authority. Tongue-eating parasites have been found in a container of sea bream that was refused entry at a UK port. A container of fish that was meant for ...

Cymothoa exigua replace the tongues of fish and then feed off their hosts A container of sea bream meant for human consumption has been refused entry at Felixstowe after a tongue-eating parasite ...