Myxobolus nagaraensis n. sp. (Myxozoa: Myxosporea) causes abdominal distension of freshwater goby Rhinogobius sp. or type from the Nagara River

Fisheries Science

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 633-639

  Yokoyama, Hiroshi ^a   Kageyama, Tetsushi ^b   Ohara, Kenichi ^b   Yanagida, Tetsuya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Gifu Prefectural Research Institute for Freshwater Fish and Aquatic Environments   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abdominal distension; Goby; Myxobolus; Myxosporean; Myxozoa; Nagara River; New species; Rhinogobius

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CALLOGOBIUS ATRATUS; MYXOBOLUS; MYXOSPOREA; MYXOZOA; RHINOGOBIUS; RHINOGOBIUS SP. OR; VITACEAE;

EID: 34250216046     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: 14442906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-2906.2007.01376.x     Document Type: Article

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