Editing Bluefish (section)

== Parasites ==
[[File:Parasite170008-fig1 - Ovary of fish with visible Philometra females.png|thumb|Ovary of fish with visible ''Philometra'' (nematode parasites) females - lower row: bluefish]]
Like other fish, bluefish host a number of [[Fish diseases and parasites|parasites]]. One  parasite is ''Philometra saltatrix'', a [[Philometra|philometrid]] [[nematode]] in the ovaries. The females are brownish red and may be as long as 80&nbsp;mm; the males are very small.<ref name="MoravecChaabane2017">{{cite journal|last1=Moravec|first1=František|last2=Chaabane|first2=Amira|last3=Neifar|first3=Lassad|last4=Gey|first4=Delphine|last5=Justine|first5=Jean-Lou|title=Species of ''Philometra'' (Nematoda, Philometridae) from fishes off the Mediterranean coast of Africa, with a description of ''Philometra rara'' n. sp. from ''Hyporthodus haifensis'' and a molecular analysis of ''Philometra saltatrix'' from ''Pomatomus saltatrix''|journal=Parasite|volume=24|year=2017|pages=8|doi=10.1051/parasite/2017008|pmid=28287390|pmc=5364780|url=}} {{open access}}</ref>