Gyrodactylus elegans is a species of monogenean parasitic flatworms in the family Gyrodactylidae.
It is reported parasiting the golden shiner (Notemigonus crysoleucas) in the wildSeasonal Occurrences, Transmission, and Host Specificity of the Monogenetic Trematode Gyrodactylus Elegans from the Golden Shiner (Notemigonus Crysoleucas). JD Parker, 1965 as well as the goldfish (Carassius auratus) in aquaria.Temperature effect on the distribution of Gyrodactylus elegans on goldfish. JD Anthony, Bulletin of the Wildlife Disease Association, 1969
References
Ueber die Entwicklung von Gyrodactylus elegans v. Nrdm. L Kathariner, 1904