> Hello! I realize without any pictures or (more helpful) specimens,
> this is a tough one, but I am interested in any ideas. I am
> wondering if someone has any idea who/what the parasite is that
> causes black cysts in small local stream fish, especially bluntnose
> minnows? The black cysts occur all over the body of the fish and all
> of its fins. I have looked at it under a microscope and they
> certainly are embedded in the flesh, but other than looking like
> cysts, I don't see any distinguishing characteristics. Dissecting
> them out wasn't too illuminating either. My guess is that they are
> some sort of fluke (trematode) or glochidia (clam) larvae, but I
> thought glochidia only infected the gills. If it is a fluke, any
> idea what genus? Thanks for any help/suggestions you can provide.
>
> :-> Erika Iyengar
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>
>
> Erika V. Iyengar, Ph.D.
> Visiting Assistant Professor
> Biology Department, Mateer Hall
> The College of Wooster
> Wooster, OH 44691
>
> eiyengar_at_wooster.edu
> (330) 263-2437
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