What Are These Lumps On My Wild Salvini?

trojannemo

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hey guys.
i've noticed that my larger wild-caught salvini has two spots on his dorsal fin...and i'm thinking they should not be there.

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i know it's hard to distinguish in the picture, but those two spots are not in the fin, but are rather three-dimensional lumps ON the fin, visible from this side only (i.e. they dont go through the fin).
with my ignorance of diseases i would say it looks like something laid eggs on its fin and the eggs stayed attached to it...but not fish eggs! are those insect larvae/eggs? parasites?

this is a wild fish caught about 3 weeks ago. it's been eating deworming and antibiotic flakes along with blackworms, bloodworms and micro pellets.

what am i seeing here? is it something to worry about?
 
Just having a guess here, but look up lymphocystis, see if that looks like what you Sal has. Otherwise try asking in emergencies, its possible, Wilder or Colin_T would be able to help you out.
 

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