First data on parasites of Amur sleeper Perccottus glenii Dybowski, 1877 (Actinopterygii: Odontobutidae) in water bodies of Republic of Moldova

The Amur sleeper ( Perccottus glenii ) was first time registered in the Republic of Moldova in 2005. By 2012, this fish has been widely distributed in the Prut-Dniester interfluve. This is the first report on Amur sleeper parasites from the Republic of Moldova waters. 31 species/taxa of parasites were found, and nine of them were found in this fish for the first time in the acquired part of its areal. No parasites that are authentically belong to a native parasite fauna of this fish species were found. Frequent occurrence was noted for intestinal cocсidiа of Goussia and Eimeria genera.