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The 49 fish species <strong>from</strong> Lake Ontario whose parasites have not been reported on are:<br />

Ichthyomyzon unicuspis, Lampetra appendix, Petromyzon marinus, Lepisosteus oculatus, Hiodon<br />

tergisus, Campostoma anomalum, Carassius auratus, Cyprinella spiloptera, Hybognathus<br />

hankinsoni, Luxilus chrysocephalus, Macrhybopsis storeriana, Margariscus margarita, Nocomis<br />

biguttatus, N. micropogon, Notropis anogenus, N. bifrenatus, N. heterodon, N. heterolepis, N.<br />

rubellus, N. stramineus, N. volucellus, Phoxinus eos, Scardinius erythrophthalmus, Semotilus<br />

corporalis, Carpiodes cyprinus, Catostomus catostomus, Erimyzon oblongus, E. sucetta,<br />

Hypentelium nigricans, Moxostoma anisurum, M. valenciennesi, Ameiurus natalis, Esox<br />

americanus, E. niger, Oncorhynchus gorbuscha, O. tshawytscha, Prosopium cylindraceum,<br />

Salmo trutta, Aphredoderus sayanus, Lota lota, Pungitius pungitius, Myoxocephalus thompsonii,<br />

Lepomis cyanellus, L. megalotis, E<strong>the</strong>ostoma flabellare, E. microperca, E. olmstedi, Percina<br />

copelandi, and P. maculata.<br />

<strong>Fish</strong> Families—Parasite Species-Richness, Parasite Analyses<br />

The values for parasite species–richness, regardless <strong>of</strong> life-stage, and number <strong>of</strong> fish species<br />

examined (in paren<strong>the</strong>ses) for each <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> major fish families were Centrarchidae (69, 7),<br />

Cyprinidae (47, 12), Catostomidae (25, 3), Percidae (58, 6), and Salmonidae (21, 9). The<br />

correlation coefficient between species-richness and number <strong>of</strong> fish species examined for each<br />

family using <strong>the</strong>se values for all five families was nonsignificant (rs = -0.100). The parasite<br />

taxonomic groups, by numbers and percentages, for each <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> five fish families for Lake<br />

Ontario are in Table 28. The parasite group(s) (in paren<strong>the</strong>ses) most common in each fish family<br />

were Cyprinidae (monogeneans followed by digenetic trematodes), Catostomidae (monogeneans<br />

followed by cestodes and acanthocephalans), Centrarchidae (monogeneans), Percidae (digenetic<br />

trematodes), and Salmonidae (cestodes).<br />

Parasite species or a specific genus found in centrarchids were protozoans (Scyphidia micropteri),<br />

adult digenetic trematodes (Crepidostomum cornutum, Leuceruthrus micropteri, Phyllodistomum<br />

lohrenzi, Proterometra macrostoma), monogeneans (Actinocleidus gibbosus, A. brevicirrus, A.<br />

recurvatus, A. triangularis, Cleidodiscus alatus, C. glenorensis, C. robustus, C. venardi,<br />

Gyrodactylus avalonia, G. goerani, G. macrochiri, Haplodiscus dispar, H. furcatus, Lyrodiscus<br />

longibasus, L. minimus, L. rupestris, L. seminolensis, Onchocleidus chautauquaensis, O. ferox,<br />

O. helicus, O. pricinpalis, O. similis, Syncleithrum fusiformis, Pterocleidus acer, Tetracleidus<br />

banghami, T. capax, T. longus, T. stentor, Urocleidus acer, U. aculeatus, U. attenuatus, U.<br />

alatus, U. dispar, U. ferox), adult cestodes (Proteocephalus ambloplitis, P. fluviatilis),<br />

larval/immature cestodes (Dilepis sp.), adult nematodes (Camallanus oxycephalus, Raphidascaris<br />

acus), and copepods (Ach<strong>the</strong>res pimelodi, Ergasilus centrarchidarum). Parasite species only<br />

found in cyprinids were protozoans (Myxobolus bartai, M. burti, M. fanthami, M. hendrickson,<br />

M. pendula, M. xiaoi, Thelohanellus notatus, Zschokkella sp.), adult digenetic trematodes<br />

(Plagiocirrus primus, Plagioporus sinitsini, Prototransversotrema sp.), monogeneans<br />

(Dactylogyrus aureus, D. banghami, D. bulbus, D. cornutus, D. extensus, D. luxili,<br />

Gyrodactyloides sp., Gyrodactylus dechtiara, G. medius, G. stunkardi, Octomacrum semotili,<br />

Pseudocolpenteron pavlovskii, Urocleidus brachus), adult cestodes (Pliovitellaria wisconsensis),<br />

and adult acanthocephalans (Neoechinorhynchus notemigoni, N. saginatus). <strong>Parasites</strong> only found<br />

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