abstract: The comparative parasite fauna of the whiting Merlangius merlangus (Linnaeus, 1758) in the Black Sea was determined using samples collected from the southern zone of the Sea near Sinop, Turkey and from the northern zone in Balaklava Bay, Sevastopol, Russia. The parasitological survey was conducted monthly between May 2011 and April 2014 on 690 fish from Sinop and 423 fish from Sevastopol. A total nine parasite species were identified which eight of were found at both sampling localities. Trichod
journal: Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences