In Hungary, however, the species occurs also
in the vimba bream, a genetically closely related fish.
Donec & Shulman (1984), who found this species in
seven leuciscine hosts, thought that this species had
hitherto been erroneously identified by many authors
as M. bramae or M. muelleri. The large plasmodia of
this species are located in the efferent gill arteries
similar to M. muelleri infections of the chub Squalius
cephalus (L.) or M. bramae infection of the Abramis
brama. The spores of M. bliccae, however, clearly