During August 2021 and again in July 2022 and July 2023, 4 freckled madtoms, Noturus nocturnus, were collected from a creek in Columbia County, Arkansas (Ouachita River drainage), and their gills, gallbladder, fins, integument, musculature, and other major organs were examined for myxozoans. The gallbladder of 1 (25%) was infected with apparently novel myxozoans. Qualitative and quantitative morphological data were from preserved formalin-fixed myxospores. Molecular data include 2,059 bp (for a Myxidium sp.) and 951 bp (for an unobserved Myxozoa sp.) sequences of the partial small subunit (SSU) ribosomal RNA gene. Phylogenetic analysis placed the Myxidium sp. among a clade of myxozoans that infect fish from the southern portion of North America. These represent the first myxozoans reported from the gallbladder of madtoms.
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4 December 2024
Myxozoans (Cnidaria: Myxosporea: Myxidiidae) Identified from the Gallbladder of Freckled Madtom, Noturus nocturnus (Siluriformes: Ictaluridae), from the Ouachita River Drainage of Southern Arkansas
Chris T. McAllister,
Donald G. Cloutman,
Eric M. Leis,
Henry W. Robison
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Journal of Parasitology
Vol. 110 • No. 6
November 2024
Vol. 110 • No. 6
November 2024
Arkansas
Cnidaria
Freckled madtom
Myxidiidae
Myxidium sp
Myxozoa
Noturus nocturnus