title: Henneguya sp. (Cnidospora:Myxosporida) parasitic in the heart of the bluefish, Pomatomus saltatrix.
abstract: A myxosporidan parasite, Henneguya sp., was discovered in the bulbus and truncus arteriosus of bluefish, Pomatomus saltatrix. Infected fish were captured from the Atlantic Ocean near Montauk Point, Long Island, New York, Raritan Bay, New Jersey, and Chesapeake Bay, Maryland. Comparative features of mature spores showed that they were similar to those of Henneguya sebasta Moser and Love 1975, from the bulbus arteriosus of seven species of California rockfish, Sebastes. Studies on growth stages of the parasite from both host species are necessary before a definite identification of the bluefish parasite can be made.
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000818:Animals; D056890:Eukaryota / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005393:Fish Diseases / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology; D005399:Fishes; D006321:Heart / Q000469:parasitology*; D008396:Maryland; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology; D009515:New Jersey; D009518:New York; D011528:Protozoan Infections / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D011529:Protozoan Infections, Animal; D012623:Seawater