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Table 1 A list of 0+ juvenile fish species collected in the littoral zone of the River Morava in August 2011, fish standard length (SL) with mean and range, CPUE (number of fish per 100 m) and presence/absence of B. polymorphus metacercariae in specific fish hosts

From: Non-native gobies facilitate the transmission of Bucephalus polymorphus (Trematoda)

Fish species

Fish SL (in mm) mean (range)

CPUE

Parasite presence

Cyprinidae

   

Rutilus rutilus

52

0.24

+

Squalius cephalus

41.6 (24–58)

10.88

+

Leuciscus idus

37.7 (32–41)

1.71

n.i.

Chondrostoma nasus

40.8 (37–46)

0.98

+

Aspius aspius

44.7 (38–49)

1.71

+

Alburnus alburnus

30.8 (19–49)

2.20

+

Barbus barbus

36.0 (23–47)

9.51

+

Abramis bjoerkna

43.7 (31–57)

16.34

+

Rhodeus amarus

42

0.24

n.i.

Percidae

   

Perca fluviatilis

36

0.49

-

Sander lucioperca

66

0.24

n.i.

Gobiidae

   

Proterorhinus semilunaris

27.5 (20–34)

9.76

+

Neogobius melanostomus

27.6 (20–30)

2.68

+

  1. +metacercariae of B. polymorphus present
  2. -metacercariae of B. polymorphus absent
  3. n.i. not investigated