Parasites of Fish from the Great Lakes - Great Lakes Fishery ...

Table 10. Numbers and percentages (in parentheses) of parasite species in each major parasite
group reported in five fish families from Lake Superior during 1871-2010. Parasite group
abbreviations are Ma (Mastigophora), Ci (Ciliophora), My (Myxozoa), Dt (Digenea), Mo
(Monogenea), Ce (Cestoda), Ne (Nematoda), Ac (Acanthocephala), Hi (Hirudinea), Co
(Copepoda), and Mol (Mollusca). If a parasite in a group did not infect fish, the parasite group
was not included in the table.
Parasite group
Fish family Ma Ci My Dt Mo Ce Ne Ac Hi Co Mol Total
Cyprinidae 0 0 5
(17)
10
(34)
Catostomidae 0 0 1 (3) 7
(22)
Centrarchidae 0 1 (4) 0 7
(29)
Percidae 1 (2) 4
(10)
1 (2) 14
(37)
Salmonidae 0 0 2 (4) 5
(11)
5
(17)
6
(19)
5
(21)
4
(10)
126
2 (7) 3
(10)
7
(22)
2 (4) 13
(29)
1 (4) 4
(17)
3 (8) 7
(18)
3
(10)
2 (6) 6
(19)
9
(20)
3
(13)
0 1 (3) 0 29
1 (3) 2 (6) 0 32
1 (4) 2 (8) 0 24
3 (8) 0 1 (2) 1 (2) 39
8
(18)
1 (2) 5
(11)
0 45
Table 11. Jaccard coefficients of parasite-community similarity based on presence of parasites
between five fish families from Lake Superior, 1871-2010.
Fish family Cyprinidae Catostomidae Salmonidae Centrarchidae
Cyprinidae 1.0000 0.0740 0.0882 0.0888
Catostomidae 0.0740 1.0000 0.0810 0.0377
Salmonidae 0.0882 0.0810 1.0000 0.0923
Centrarchidae 0.0888 0.0377 0.0923 1.0000
Percidae 0.0500 0.0615 0.0759 0.0344