Bucephalus polymorphus Baer, 1827

Kirjušina, Muza, Bricis, Reinis & ne, Inese Gavara, 2022, Metacercariae Of Trematoda In Fish Musculature From Latvian Water Bodies, Acta Biologica Universitatis Daugavpiliensis 22 (2), pp. 189-193 : 191

Bucephalus polymorphus Baer, 1827

For the first time parasite was reported by Shulman in 1949. B. polymorphus was found in tench and rainbow trout muscles, roach, bream, white bream, gudgeon, bleak musculature, and gills. The prevalence of B. polymorphus in fish ranged from 6.6% to 16% and highest infection intensity was 4.5 specimens per 10 grams of muscles ( Shulman 1949, Kirjusina & Vismanis 2007).

First intermediate hosts of parasite are bivalves molluscs of genus Anodonta and Unio . Adult fluke B. polymorphus inhabit primarily the intestine of many piscivorous fish species (Ondra Ë ková et al. 2015).