The biodiversity of freshwater fishes is extensive in Mexico; however, knowledge of their associated myxozoan parasites is limited. This study aimed to recognize myxozoan parasites in the endemic fish Mayaheros urophthalmus. Two new species, Myxobolusmayarum n.
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April 2024
Based on spore morphology and small subunit ribosomal DNA sequences, we describe a new species, n. sp., parasitizing the European perch () from Lake Balaton in Hungary.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMyxobolus lentisuturalis is a myxosporean parasite infecting the musculature both of goldfish (Carassius auratus auratus) and gibel carp (Carassius auratus gibelio). The species was originally described in China from gibel carp that is a common fish for sport fishing in Hungary meanwhile is one of the most popular farmed fish in China due to its high demand. Eighteen gibel carp with distortions were collected from a barrage pond in southern Hungary.
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October 2021
The Apicomplexa Aggregata spp. are intracellular parasites of cephalopods that infect the intestinal tract of commercially important species such as Octopus bimaculatus, which sustains the octopus fishery in Baja California (B.C.
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