Endohelminthes of Scorpaena porcus Linnaeus, 1758 (Pisces: Scorpaenidae) in the southwestern part of the Crimean Black Sea shelf
Journal: Invertzool
Year: 2023

Scorpaena porcus Linnaeus, 1758 (black scorpionfish) is one of the most common coastal fish in the Black Sea.As scorpionfish is not a commercial fish in the Crimean part of the Black Sea shelf, its helminth fauna has previously attracted minor research interest, with no more than 70 fish specimens studied over about 80 years.In this study, we examined a total of 951 S. porcus specimens collected in the southwestern part of Crimean Black Sea shelf in 1994-2022.The rich endohelminth fauna was reve