Checklists of parasites of fishes of Salah Al-Din Province, Iraq
Mhaisen, F.T.; bdul-Ameer, K.N.; Hamdan, Z.K. (2018). Checklists of parasites of fishes of Salah Al-Din Province, Iraq. Biological and Applied Environmental Research 2(2): 180-218
In: Biological and Applied Environmental Research. BIOVAT: Göteborg. ISSN 2002-6153, more
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Checklists; Parasites; Fishes; Salah Al-Din province; Iraq |
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- Mhaisen, F.T.
- bdul-Ameer, K.N.
- Hamdan, Z.K.
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Literature reviews of reports concerning the parasitic fauna of fishes of Salah Al-Din province, Iraq till the end of 2017 showed that a total of 115 parasite species are so far known from 25 valid fish species investigated for parasitic infections. The parasitic fauna included two myzozoans, one choanozoan, seven ciliophorans, 24 myxozoans, eight trematodes, 34 monogeneans, 12 cestodes, 11 nematodes, five acanthocephalans, two annelids and nine crustaceans. The infection with some trematodes and nematodes occurred with larval stages, while the remaining infections were either with trophozoites or adult parasites. Among the inspected fishes, Cyprinion macrostomum was infected with the highest number of parasite species (29 parasite species), followed by Carasobarbus luteus (26 species) and Arabibarbus grypus (22 species) while six fish species (Alburnus caeruleus, A. sellal, Barbus lacerta, Cyprinion kais, Hemigrammocapoeta elegans and Mastacembelus mastacembelus) were infected with only one parasite species each. The myxozoan Myxobolus oviformis was the commonest parasite species as it was reported from 10 fish species, followed by both the myxozoan M. pfeifferi and the trematode Ascocotyle coleostoma which were reported from eight fish host species each and then by both the cestode Schyzocotyle acheilognathi and the nematode Contracaecum sp. which were reported from seven fish host species each. |
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