Myxobolus macrocapsularis Reuss, 1906, described
from the white bream Blicca bjoerkna as type host,
seems to be one of the most commonly occurring myxosporeans
on the gills of the common bream Abramis
brama L. in Lake Balaton (Molnár & Székely 1999).
Some aspects of its location and intrapiscine development
were studied also by the above authors. Nothing
was known, however, about its extrapiscine developmental
stages.