ИСТИНА

Fish of the genus Antimora Günther, 1878 (Gadiformes: Moridae) are considered as potential targets of commercial fisheries and play a significant role in marine ecosystems. There are two valid species in this genus - blue antimora, Antimora rostrata Günther, 1878 and Pacific flatnose, Antimora microlepis Bean, 1890. Pacific flatnose inhabit the bottom and deep-sea areas in the North Pacific, while its congener blue antimora inhabit the rest and majority of the world`s oceans. A total of 14 parasite taxa were found in blue antimora caught on continental slope off Newfoundland. This species is mostly infected by juveniles of Anisakis sp. and trematodes Lepidapedon sp. Five species/taxa of parasites have been recorded for the first time. An interesting feature of the deep-water fish species of the North Atlantic, found in cross-infection data, is a prevalent infection by the representatives of genera Lepidapedon, Echinorhynchus, and Capillaria, while infection by anisakid and raphidascaridid juveniles is, surprisingly, a characteristic of a much smaller number of the fish species off Newfoundland, that are currently being studied. Infection of Pacific flatnose was studied in three locations: in the environs of the southeast Sakhalin, Japan, and British Columbia. The most interesting discovery was the high infection of this species by Sarcotaces sp. (Copepoda) in the waters of Japan.