Parasites of the recently established round goby (Neogobium melanostomus) and tubenose goby (Proterorhinus marmoratus) (Gottidae) [corrected] from the St. Clair River and Lake St. Clair, Michigan, USA
Pronin, N.M.; Fleischer, G.W.; Baldanova, D.R.; Pronina, S.V.
Folia Parasitologica 44(1): 1-6
1997
ISSN/ISBN: 0015-5683 PMID: 9229568 Document Number: 482941
Specimens of the recently established European round goby (Neogobius melanostomus) and tubenose goby (Proterorhinus marmoratus) were collected from different locations in the St. Clair River and Lake St. Clair, Michigan, USA, and examined for parasites. It is thought that these fish were introduced by ballast water discharged from shipping. Parasites were observed in 35 of 46 round gobies and 7 of 20 tubenose gobies. Four of the species found in the gobies occur in the Black Sea watershed: Sphaeromyxa sevastopoli and Ichthyocotylurus pileatus, reported for the first time in North America, Scolex pleuronectis, reported for the first time from freshwater basins of North America, and Diplostomum spathaceum. Three species found in the gobies are endemic to North America (Proteocephalus ambloplitis, Clinostomum complanatum, Leptorhynchoides thecatus) and are considered to have been acquired locally.