| gill parasites of mummichogs, fundulus heteroclitus (teleostei: cyprinodontidae): effects of season, locality, and host sex and size. | i investigated the prevalences and densities of gill parasites in 4 seasonal samples of mummichog, fundulus heteroclitus (n=242), from 2 creeks differing in salinity in central chesapeake bay. the parasites (and overall prevalence ranges) were: mobile (12-88%) and sessile (0-50%) peritrichs (ciliophora); myxobolus funduli (58-94%) (myxozoa); gyrodactylidae (0-94%) (includes gyrodactylus sp. and fundulotrema sp.) and salsuginus sp. (74-100%) (monogenea); metacercariae of phagicola diminuta (75-10 ... | 1998 | 9576493 |