Table 2 Body length ranges of unparasitized and parasitized fish larvae species, parasitized body size and correlation coefficients between parasitized fish larvae length and ectoparasite length per each area (Isla Santa María and Punta Coloso).

Helcogrammoides cunninghami

2.9–9.1 (109)

3.8–10.1 (235)

0.28–1.72

0.626 (234)

1.000 (1)

Auchenionchus crinitus

3.5–9.8 (151)

3.0–8.1 (61)

0.26–2.88

0.740* (58)

1.000 (3)

Gobiesox marmoratus

3.1–7.4 (132)

1.88–6.6 (46)

0.18–2.35

0.652* (14)

0.871* (32)

Myxodes sp.

2.2–5.5 (37)

4.1–6.1 (6)

0.55–2.08

0.982* (6)

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Ophiogobius jennynsi

2.2–4.2 (35)

2.3–7.5 (21)

0.54–0.97

0.700 (16)

0.684 (5)