Table 1.

Select Infectious Agents of Zebrafish

Agent	Classification	Pathogenicity	References
Aeromonas hydrophila	Bacterium	Usually an opportunist	12,53
Edwardsiella ictaluri	Bacterium	Primary pathogen	49,50
Flavobacterium columnare	Bacterium	Primary pathogen	52
Mycobacterium spp.	Bacterium	Primary or secondary pathogen	13,25,26,28,29–39,82
M. abscessus
M. chelonae
M. fortuitum
M. haemophilum
M. marinum
M. peregrinum
M. saopaulense
Coleps sp(p).	Ciliate	Facultative parasite of larvae	55
Ichthyophthirius multifiliis	Ciliate	Primary pathogen	55
Tetrahymena sp(p).	Ciliate	Facultative parasite of larvae	54,55
Trichodina sp(p).	Ciliate	Primary pathogen	56
Piscinoodinium pillulare	Dinoflagellate	Primary pathogen	54
Saprolegnia brachydanis	Oomycete	Opportunist	79
Saprolegnia ferax	Oomycete	Opportunist	79
Myxidium streisingeri	Myxozoan	Primary pathogen	48
Gyrodactylus sp(p).	Monogenean	Primary pathogen	56
Pleistophora hyphessobryconis	Microsporidium	Primary pathogen	23,24
Pseudoloma neurophilia	Microsporidium	Primary pathogen	18–21,24,74,75
Pseudocapillaria tomentosa	Nematode	Primary pathogen	2,44,45,47
Transversotrema patialense (sensu lato)	Trematode	Primary pathogen	57
Red-spotted grouper nervous necrosis virus (RGNNV)	Betanodavirus	Primary pathogen	62
Viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus (VHSV)	Rhabdovirus	Experimental infection	63,65
Infectious spleen and kidney necrosis virus (ISKNV)	Megalocytivirus	Experimental infection	69,70
Spring viremia of carp virus (SVCV)	Rhabdovirus	Experimental infection	56,75