abstract: In the present study, a total of 330 specimens the red mullet, Mullus barbatus ponticus caught in the Black Sea coasts near Sinop, Turkey were investigated throughout a 1-year period for their metazoan parasite fauna. Thirteen metazoan parasite species, Loma sp., Proctotrema bacilliovatum, Galactosomum lacteum (metacercariae), Progrillotia dasyatidis, Nybelinia sp., Scolex pleuronectis (pleurocercoid), Hysterothylacium fabri, H. aduncum, Ascarophis valentina, Capillaria sp. Contracaecum sp., uni
journal: Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences