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| Catching area | Main Anisakis species |
No. of fish samples (positive) |
Total no. of Anisakis larvae (A) | No. of larvae in fish muscle (B) | Percentage of larvae in fish muscle (B/A) |
| Sea of Japan and East China Sea |
A. pegreffii | 86 (63) | 4073 | 4 | 0.1% (4/4073) |
| Pacific Ocean |
A. simplex sensu stricto |
132 (99) | 733 | 81 | 11.1% (81/733) |
