| dermocystidium sp. infection in blue ridge sculpin captured in maryland. | raised pale cysts were observed on blue ridge sculpin cottus caeruleomentum during stream fish community surveys in catoctin mountain park, maryland. when examined histologically, preserved sculpin exhibited multiple cysts containing spherical endospores with a refractile central body characteristic of dermocystidium spp. cysts were not observed on the gills or internally. the portion of the watershed in which affected sculpin were observed contained lower than expected numbers of sculpin, raisi ... | 2016 | 27455037 |