PARASITISM OF GOBIUS-BUCCHICHII STEINDACHNER, 1870 (TELEOSTEI, GOBIIDAE) IN PROTECTED AND UNPROTECTED MARINE ENVIRONMENTS

We collected 396 Gobius bucchichii, Steindachner, 1870 (Teleostei, Gob iidae) in and around the marine reserve of Cerbere-Banyuls, in the sou theast of France, between March and July 1994. Five species of adult p arasites were found: one acanthocephalan, Acanthocephaloides propinquu s Dujardin, 1845 (Acanthocephala, Arhythmacanthidae); one nematode, Cu cullanus sp. (Nematoda, Cucullanidae); and three species of digenetic trematodes, Helicometra sp. (Digenea, Opecoelidae), Derogenes sp. (Dig enea, Hemiuridae) and Deretrema scorpaenicola Bartoli, 1990 (Digenea, Zoogonidae). Fishes collected in a protected area were on average, lar ger, older, had a higher percentage of regenerated scales, and harbore d more parasites.