Abstract
Abstract. Descriptions of six coccidian species infecting marine fishes are presented. Goussia cascosa sp.nov. is described from the visceral organs of the roughhead grenadier, Macrourus berglax Lacépède, from Newfoundland waters; it is a species closely related to G. gadi. Goussia luciae sp.nov. is described from the intestine of sea mullet, Mullus barbatus L., collected, as were the hosts of all the following species, from the French Mediterranean coast at Banyuls‐sur‐Mer. Goussia lucida (Labbé, 1893) is redescribed from the intestine of a new host, the lesser spotted dogfish, Scyliorhinus canicula (L.). Epieimeria isabellae sp.nov. is described from the intestine of conger eel, Conger conger L. Two species were provisionally allotted to the genus Eimeria: E. banyulemis sp.nov. from the intestine of axillary wrasse, Crenilabrus mediterraneus L., and Eimeria insignis sp.nov. from the intestine of scorpion fish, Scorpaena notata Rafinesque. Taxonomic affinities and the pathogenicity of these coccidian species are discussed.
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