Parasites in Spanish mackerel?

It seems that about one in ten Spanish mackerel that I fillet has one or more little black flecks in its flesh. When I dig it out with my knife tip it doesn't seem to have any structure and (thankfully) it doesn't wiggle. One of the best descriptions of these things is that they sort of look like where you shot a turkey and the #6 shot carried a small feather into the meat.

Does anybody know anything about these black things? They haven't slowed me down from eating Spanish and I feel no ill effects and don't have any urges to chase after barnyard fowl or raise snakes under my hat, so I'm pretty sure they're harmless. Of course, "THEY" would want me to think that...........

I've seen those and wondered about them too.
Kind'a like a tiny blood clot.

Quite common actually.
Some kind of intermediary parasite, hosted by spanish mackerel.
Like you, I just slice the meat, stick the knife tip and turn it to remove.

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/fi...rus-maculatus/

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Parasites
This fish is commonly described as infested with a variety of parasitic organisms. The Myxozoan parasite Kudoa crumenacan be found in the muscle tissue of Spanish mackerel. Cestodes including Callitetrarhynchus gracilis, Pseudolacistorhynchus noodti, and Otobothrium cysticum are also known parasites of this fish. The trematodes Scomberocotyle scomberomori, Pseudaxine mexicana, Thoracocotyle crocea, and Lithidocotyle acanthophallus have been documented as parasites found in the gills of the Spanish mackerel.

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Most fish have some level of parasites. Cook them and their fine. Remove anything you see while cleaning.

Good news is that most saltwater parasites can't infect humans, even if you were to eat them raw. Slurp them big fat amberjack worms like spaghetti!... or not

If anybody can correctly pronounce those parasite names, I'll buy them a big mackerel milkshake.

I'm having a good day when I correctly pronounce "parasite" ;-) lol

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Originally Posted by Haywire

It seems that about one in ten Spanish mackerel that I fillet has one or more little black flecks in its flesh. When I dig it out with my knife tip it doesn't seem to have any structure and (thankfully) it doesn't wiggle. One of the best descriptions of these things is that they sort of look like where you shot a turkey and the #6 shot carried a small feather into the meat.

Does anybody know anything about these black things? They haven't slowed me down from eating Spanish and I feel no ill effects and don't have any urges to chase after barnyard fowl or raise snakes under my hat, so I'm pretty sure they're harmless. Of course, "THEY" would want me to think that...........

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Mr wire , You maybe on to something about those little black flecks , My research has lead me to discover that they are ultra tiny tracking
devices , They were implanted in the fish knowing that they will be caught and consumed by people and once in the stomach the enzymes in the stomach will activate them and will attach to tissue and begin transmitting so you can be tracked , it will also send encrypted DNA information about you . The only way to stop the transmitting is to wrap yourself in HD Aluminum foil , But do so quickly now that this information is out HD Aluminum foil will quickly disappear from the stores , and with the pending import tariffs of metal the Government is planning on a huge profit and keeping you from resupplying .

That explains the black helicopters...

And those long stringy "worms" are actually antennae we insert in the fish to see if anyone is taking over their possession limit back home after a 3 day weekend.
some of the black dots are GPS trackers that feed the data to the antennae.

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Originally Posted by CarlF

And those long stringy "worms" are actually antennae we insert in the fish to see if anyone is taking over their possession limit back home after a 3 day weekend.
some of the black dots are GPS trackers that feed the data to the antennae.

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HAH!

I've got those suckers fooled. I wrap my fish in foil to block the trackers.

I use the same stuff I use for my tinfoil hat.

Many people do not understand the science behind tinfoil hattery. Some argue that the shiny side should be out and others say shiny side in. The poor dolts do not understand the basic science.

One should wear the shiny side OUT to block the government transmissions INTO your brain while they mind-control you. Wear it shiny side IN to keep the bastiges from reading your thoughts.

Obviously a double layer is required for complete control.

Not all of the cognoscenti who wear double layered hats know yet another important detail. The shiny side IN layer should be on the inside and the shiny side OUT layer on the outside for maximum protection.

This message a public service...

Wire,
ive found them to be quite common as you describe. When you dig them out the smear like tar balls. I thought maybe they may have something to do with the oil spill since I havnt seen them previously. I actually took a sample to Brent who was going to have it anilyzed, but never heard back. They were actually more prevalent last year and havnt seen many of the small blacks flecks this year.

High probability its not oil spill related, there probably aren't any Spanish macs still alive that were here when the oil spill was going on 8 years ago. They don't live very long.

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Originally Posted by frednic

HAH!

I've got those suckers fooled. I wrap my fish in foil to block the trackers.

I use the same stuff I use for my tinfoil hat.

Many people do not understand the science behind tinfoil hattery. Some argue that the shiny side should be out and others say shiny side in. The poor dolts do not understand the basic science.

One should wear the shiny side OUT to block the government transmissions INTO your brain while they mind-control you. Wear it shiny side IN to keep the bastiges from reading your thoughts.

Obviously a double layer is required for complete control.

Not all of the cognoscenti who wear double layered hats know yet another important detail. The shiny side IN layer should be on the inside and the shiny side OUT layer on the outside for maximum protection.

This message a public service...

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I see you've been talking to my girlfriend's mother...

I see that I have won over many converts. Three years or more ago, it was hard to find any foil hat wearers. If I keep on, I'll have y'all chewing sweetgum sap and smoking rabbit tobacco----that really messes up the brain waves the guvimmint bastiges are trying to intercept.

Speaking of the guvinmint, a big cargo plane flew by the pier yesterday with the tailgate, or whatever you call it, down. There was some speculation as to what kind of payload it might have delivered but Rick said they do that all the time to clear out the air when the pilot farts---blows straight through with the windshield propped open.

I saw that thursday (my last day on the pier ( waited for you, then came back by twice to say goodbye, the third I missed you) your car was gone

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Originally Posted by Haywire

If anybody can correctly pronounce those parasite names, I'll buy them a big mackerel milkshake.

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Can I get it in malt flavor? ;D