| Common name | Fish doctor |
| Language | English |
| Type | Vernacular |
| Official trade name | No |
| Rank | 2 - (Preferred common name (unique)) |
| Country | Canada |
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| Ref. | McAllister, D.E., V. Legendre and J.G. Hunter, 1987 |
| Life stage | juveniles and adults |
| Sex | females and males |
| Core | person (generic) |
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| Remarks | This is one of two species called 'fish doctor' in Labrador. The other is a large aegid isopod which is said by some to heal wounds in codfish (it feeds from open wounds of fishes). Possibly, the fish doctor is a cleaner of parasites of fishes or a healer of external wounds since it has been reported that when it was in a fish trap it stuck to the body of other fishes like a leech. |