Determination of myxozoan parasite fauna of some Black Sea fishes

In this most comprehensive research study on the myxozoan parasites of the Black Sea fishes which was conducted during the period between 15.02.2014 and 15.11.2014, a total of 816 fish specimens belonging to 31 fish species were examined for their myxozoan parasite fauna. Nineteen parasite species (Sphaeromyxa sevastopoli in Parablennius sanguinolentus, Myxidium parvum in P. tentacularis and Salaria pavo, M. gadi in Merlangius merlangus, Enteromyxum leei in Chromis chromis, Ortholinea gobiusi in Neogobius melanostomus, O. divergens in P. sanguinolentus, O. orientalis in Mullus barbatus and Alosa tanaica, Ceratomyxa merlangi in M. merlangus, Myxobolus muelleri in Diplodus annularis, M. asymmetricus in P. tentacularis and P. sanguinolentus, M. parvus in Liza saliens and M. barbatus, M. rotundus in Symphodus cinereus, Myxobolus sp1. in N. melanostomus, Myxobolus sp2. in Gobius paganellus, Myxobolus sp3. in G. niger, Myxobolus sp4. in L. saliens, Henneguya sp. in P. tentacularis, Sinuolinea rebae in Solea solea, Polysporoplasma mugilis in L. saliens) were identified from 14 fish species. Of the 19 identified myxozoan parasite species, 3 species (E. leei, O. orientalis and S. rebae) for the Black Sea parasite fauna, 12 species (S. sevastopoli, M. parvum, E. leei, O. gobiusi, O. divergens, O. orientalis, M. asymmetricus, M. parvus, M. rotundus, Henneguya sp., S. rebae and P. mugilis) for Turkish parasite fauna, 10 species (S. pavo for M. parvum; N. melanostomus for O. gobiusi; M. barbatus and A. tanaica for O. orientalis; D. annularis for M. muelleri; P. sanguinolentus for M. asymmetricus; M. barbatus for M. parvus; S. cinereus for M. rotundus; G. paganellus for Myxobolus sp2., a fish species which was not previously any Myxobolus species reported and P. tentacularis for Henneguya sp., a fish species which was not previously any Henneguya species reported) for new host records were registered for the first time. The results obtained throughout the present study are in potantial for guidance for the other research studies on this area.