Bulletin de l'Institut Océanographique 



(Fondation ALBERT I", Prince de Monaco) 

 No 273. — 25 Novembre igiS. 



A note on some Myxosporidia 

 collected at Monaco. 



By A. PRINQLE JAMESON 



(Biology Department, Imperial College of Science and Technology, 

 South Kensington, London). 



The myxosporidian parasites of the fishes from the Medi- 

 terranean in the neighbourhood of Monaco have not, as far 

 as I know, been previously studied. I therefore took the 

 opportunity of making some observations on these organisms 

 during a short stay which I made recently in the beautiful 

 Musée Océanographique. I am deeply indebted to the Museum 

 for its hospitality, and especially to Dr. Oxner for his courteous 

 kindness in placing, during the absence of the director, all 

 the resources of the laboratory at my disposal, and for his 

 untiring efforts to obain the necessary material for me. 



In all 1 38 fish, comprising 22 species, were examined. 

 Unfortunately they were not as a rule infected with parasites, 

 and in many cases where I found an infection it was only 

 very slight. Despite this fact it seems to me that my results 

 are worth publishing, not only because there are evidently 

 no other notes on the Myxosporidia from this area, but also 

 because there are five new records of occurrences to be recorded. 



My results will be best set down in a table, but before 

 doing this I may make one or two observations on the parasites 



