These case reports describe locally invasive black pigmented mycotic infections of the skin and gills of saffron cod Eleginus gracilis associated with 8 different opportunistic ascomycete fungi: Alternaria sp., Cladosporium herbarum, Chaetomium globosum, Cadophora luteo-olivacea, Penicillium sp., Phoma herbarum, Pseudophacidium ledi and Valsa sordida. These fungi were isolated on conventional media, identified according to morphological structures and confirmed by genetic sequencing. Several of these fungi are primary plant pathogens as well as opportunistic human pathogens in immunocompromised individuals. Several have also been described as causing opportunistic infections of fish. This case material represents the first report of C. luteo-olivacea, C. globosum, P. ledi and V. sordida as likely opportunistic fish pathogens in Alaskan watersheds of Norton Sound and south in Toksook Bay and possibly elsewhere.
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