Coccidia (Eimeriidae) of Esociformes (pike)

Compiled by
Donald W. Duszynski and Lee Couch
Department of Biology, University of New Mexico
and
Steve J. Upton
Division of Biology, Kansas State University

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Updated: 14 July 2000
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    FAMILY: Esocidae (pike)

  1. Eimeria esoci Schulman and Shtein, 1962
    1. Synonym: Eimeria esori Zaika, 1965, lapsus
    2. Host: Esox lucius (Northern pike)
    3. References: Jastrzebski 1984; Schulman and Shtein 1962; Schulman and Zaika 1964; Zaika 1965
    4. Remarks: Schulman and Shtein (1962) cited this as Schulman and Zaika, 1962 in their monograph and gave measurements and a line drawing. However, the latter paper never appeared until 1964.


    FAMILY: Umbridae (mudminnows)

  2. Eimeria hoffmani Molnar and Hanek, 1974
    1. Host: Umbra limi (Central mudminnow)
    2. Reference: Molnar and Hanek 1974

  3. Eimeria kassaii Molnar, 1978
    1. Host: Umbra krameri (Eurasian mudminnow)
    2. Reference: Molnar 1978

  4. Eimeria matskasii Molnar, 1978
    1. Host: Umbra krameri (Eurasian mudminnow)
    2. Reference: Molnar 1978

  5. Eimeria meszarosi Molnar, 1978
    1. Host: Umbra krameri (Eurasian mudminnow)
    2. Reference: Molnar 1978


References

Jastrzebski, M. 1984. New species of fish coccidia in Poland. Wiadomosci Parazytologiczne 30: 165-170.

Molnar, K. 1978. Five new Eimeria species (Protozoa: Coccidia) from freshwater fishes indigenous in Hungary. Parasitologia Hungarica 11: 5-11.

Molnar, K. and Hanek, G. 1974. Seven new Eimeria spp. (Protozoa, Coccidia) from freshwater fishes of Canada. Journal of Protozoology 21: 489-493.

Schulman, S.S. and Shtein, G.A. 1962. A guide to the parasites of freshwater fishes of the U.S.S.R. In, Key to Parasites of Freshwater fish of the U.S.S.R., Pavlovskii, E.N., Bykhovskii, B.E., Bychovskaya-Pavlovskaya, I.E., Gusev, A.V., Dubinina, M.N., Izyumova, M.A., Smirnova, T.S., Sokolovskaya, I.L., Shtein, G.A., Schulman, S.S., Ephstein, V.M., Nagibina, L.F., Raikova, E.V., and Strelkov, Yu. A., editors. Izdatel'stvo Academii Nauk SSR, Moscow- Leningrad. Translated from Russian by the Israel Program for Scientific Translations, Jerusalem, 1964. pp. 33-51.

Schulman, S.S. and Zaika, V.E. 1964. Coccidia of fish of Lake Baikal. Izvestiya Seberskogo Otdeleneya Akadamaii Nauk USSR 8: 126-130.

Zaika, V.E. 1965. Parasitic fauna of fishes from Lake Baikal. Akademaii Nauk USSR, Ezdatel'stvo Nauka, Moscow. pp. 55-57.