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Old 07-27-2012, 10:18 AM   #3
JackK
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Are you talking about the long, thin, red strands? If so, it's a parasite... Seen them all over bunker in the Providence river. Pretty sure it's Lernaeenicus radiatus, a type of copepod, but I'm not 100% on that one. They're just one of the most common Clupeid parasites.
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