highly significantP < 0.001
Our study included a total of 630 individuals, among which 196 were parasitized (31.11 %), including 507 Mullus barbatus with 138 parasitized individuals (27.22 %) and 123 Mullus surmuletus with 58 parasitized individuals (47.15 %); the Chi-square test (χ 2 =18.355) allowed us to detect a highly significant difference ( P < 0.001) between the prevalence of parasitism according to the host species, that is to say M. surmuletus is more parasitized than M. barbatus with a higher prevalence.