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  <dc:contributor>Charles A. Bowen II</dc:contributor>
  <dc:creator>Patrick L. Hudson</dc:creator>
  <dc:date>2002</dc:date>
  <dc:description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;The parasitic copepod&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Neoergasilus japonicus&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;, native to eastern Asia, was first collected from 4 species of fish (fathead minnow,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Pimephales promelas&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;; largemouth bass,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Micropterus salmoides&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;; pumpkinseed sunfish,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Lepomis gibbosus&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;; and yellow perch,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Perca flavescens&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;) in July 1994 in Saginaw Bay, Lake Huron, Michigan. Further sampling in the bay in 2001 revealed infections on 7 additional species (bluegill,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Lepomis macrochirus&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;; carp,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Cyprinus carpio&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;; channel catfish,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Ictalurus punctatus&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;; goldfish,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Carassius auratus&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;; green sunfish,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Lepomis cyanellus&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;; rock bass,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Ambloplites rupestris&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;; and smallmouth bass,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Micropterus dolomieu&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;). An additional 21 species examined in 2001 were devoid of the parasite. A limited collection of fish from Lake Superior (n = 8) and Lake Michigan (n = 46) in 1994 showed no infection.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Neoergasilus japonicus&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;is most frequently found attached to the dorsal fin and, in decreasing frequency, on the anal, tail, pelvic, and pectoral fins. Prevalence generally ranged from 15 to 70 and intensity from 1 to 10. The greatest number of copepods on a single host was 44. The copepod&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Neoergasilus japonicus&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;appears to disperse over long distances rather quickly, spreading across Europe in 20 yr and then moving on to North America over a span of 10 yr. Its main vehicle of transport and introduction into the Great Lakes is probably exotic fish hosts associated with the fish-culture industry.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</dc:description>
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  <dc:identifier>10.1645/0022-3395(2002)088[0657:FRONJP]2.0.CO;2</dc:identifier>
  <dc:language>en</dc:language>
  <dc:publisher>American Society of Parasitologists</dc:publisher>
  <dc:title>First record of &lt;i&gt;Neoergasilus japonicus&lt;/i&gt; (Poecilostomatoida: Ergasilidae), a parasitic copepod new to the Laurentian Great Lakes</dc:title>
  <dc:type>article</dc:type>
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