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<strong>Fish</strong> Species—Parasite Analyses<br />

A total <strong>of</strong> 44 fish species and three locally extirpated species (Coregonus johannae, C.<br />

nigripinnis, C. prognathus) <strong>from</strong> 19 families in Lake Michigan have had parasites reported <strong>from</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong>m (Table 5). Perca flavescens harbored <strong>the</strong> most parasite species (31), followed by<br />

Catostomus commersonii with 15, and Oncorhynchus tshawytscha with 14. <strong>Fish</strong> species found to<br />

have eight or more parasite species were Petromyzon marinus, Alosa pseudoharengus, Notropis<br />

hudsonius, Coregonus hoyi, Oncorhynchus mykiss, Salvelinus namaycush, and Ambloplites<br />

rupestris. Of <strong>the</strong> 44 species examined for parasites, 22 species (50%) had been examined<br />

(studied) only once (Petromyzon marinus, Acipenser fulvescens, Cyprinus carpio, Notropis<br />

delicatus (probably N. a<strong>the</strong>rinoides), Pimephales promelas, Catostomus catostomus, Apollonia<br />

melanostoma, Ameiurus nebulosus, Noturus gyrinus, Esox americanus , Umbra limi, Coregonus<br />

johannae, Percopsis omiscomaycus, Fundulus sp., Culaea inconstans, Pungitius pungitius,<br />

Myoxocephalus thompsonii, Ambloplitis rupestris, Lepomis gibbosus, Micropterus dolomieu,<br />

E<strong>the</strong>ostoma exile, Aplodinotus grunniens), 7 species only examined (studied) twice (Ameiurus<br />

melas, Esox lucius, Coregonus nigripinnis, C. prognathus, Cottus bairdii, E<strong>the</strong>ostoma nigrum,<br />

Percina caprodes), 4 species had three examinations (Alosa pseudoharengus, Notropis<br />

hudsonius, Catostomus commersonii, Osmerus mordax), and 9 species had at least four<br />

examinations (Coregonus artedi, C. clupeaformis, C. hoyi, Oncorhynchus kisutch, O. mykiss, O.<br />

tshawytscha, Salmo trutta, Lota lota, Cottus cognatus). Salvelinus namaycush and Perca<br />

flavescens had 8 and 13 studies performed on <strong>the</strong>ir parasites, respectively.<br />

Seventy-three fish species plus one hybrid, Salvelinus namaycush x Salvelinus fontinalis, in Lake<br />

Michigan that are not kown to have been examined for parasites are: Ichthyomyzon castaneus, I.<br />

fossor, I. unicuspis, Lampetra appendix, Lepisosteus oculatus, L. osseus, L. platostomus, Amia<br />

calva, Hiodon tergisus, Alosa chrysochloris, Dorosoma cepedianum, Campostoma anomalum,<br />

Carassius auratus, Couesius plumbeus, Cyprinella lutrensis, C. spiloptera, Hybognathus<br />

hankinsoni, Luxilus cornutus, Lythrurus umbratilis, Margariscus margarita, Nocomis biguttatus,<br />

N. micropogon, Notemigonus crysoleucas, Notropis anogenus, N. heterodon, N. heterolepis, N.<br />

rubellus, N. volucellus, N. stramineus, Opsopoeodus emiliae, Phoxinus eos, P. neogaeus,<br />

Pimephales promelas, Rhinichthys cataractae, R. obtusus, Scardinius erythrophthalmus,<br />

Semotilus atromaculatus, Carpiodes cyprinus, Erimyzon oblongus, Erimyzon sucetta,<br />

Hypentelium nigricans, Ictiobus cyprinellus, Minytrema melanops, Moxostoma anisurum, M.<br />

erythrurum, M. macrolepidotum, M. valenciennesi, Misgurnus anguillicaudatus, Ameiurus<br />

natalis, Ictalurus punctatus, Noturus flavus, Pylodictis olivaris, Esox masquinongy,<br />

Oncorhynchus gorbuscha, Prosopium cylindraceum, Salvelinus fontinalis, Aphredoderus<br />

sayannus, Labides<strong>the</strong>s sicculus, Gasterosteus aculeatus, Morone americana, M. chrysops,<br />

Lepomis macrochirus, L. megalotis, Micropterus salmoides, Pomoxis annularis, P.<br />

nigromaculatus, E<strong>the</strong>ostoma caeruleum, E. flabellare, E. microperca, Percina maculata, P.<br />

shumardi, Sander canadensis, and S. vitreus.<br />

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