Four new species of Gyrodactylus from fishes of Alabama.
Four new species of Gyrodactylus are described from fishes of Alabama. Gyrodactylus dorosomae was collected from Dorosoma cepedianum (Le Sueur) and D. petenense (Gunther); G. parvicirrus from Notropis atherinoides Raf; G. lythruri from Notropis b. bellus Hay and N. atrapiculus Snelson; and G. nigrum from Etheostoma nigrum Raf.
D000407:Alabama; D000818:Animals; D005399:Fishes / Q000469:parasitology*; D014200:Trematoda / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification*