Local variability in metazoan parasites of the pelagic fish species, Engraulis ringens: implications for fish stock assessment using parasites as biological tags

AbstractParasites have been used successfully as biological tags in population studies, mainly in marine fishes, but also in marine mammals, crustaceans and molluscs. Almost all published information dealing with parasites as biological tags evaluates differences between localities. However, local variability in the component community has not been assessed. In this work, we examined whether local variation of the metazoan parasite fauna of Engraulis ringens, extracted from five independent samples from two nearby localities in northern Chile, can be a factor causing bias in stock identification. Our results show that local variability, as estimated by a single sample, may suffice to represent component community variability with no need for replicated data.

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Metazoan parasite fauna of two peacock-bass cichlid fish in Brazil

Check List ◽

10.15560/9.6.1371 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 9 (6) ◽

pp. 1371 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Fabio Hideki Yamada ◽

Ricardo Massato Takemoto

Keyword(s):

Conservation Biology ◽

Aquatic Ecosystems ◽

Parasite Species ◽

New Records ◽

Cichlid Fish ◽

Parasite Fauna ◽

Component Community ◽

Metazoan Parasites ◽

Peacock Bass ◽

Parasitological Study

A parasitological study of two freshwater cichlid fish of the genus Cichla (C. kelberi and C. piquiti) from six different aquatic ecosystems in Brazil was performed. Based on the survey, a checklist of the component community of the metazoan parasites of each of the two peacock-bass fish species was produced. Fish were collected from May 2009 to April 2011 in six Brazilian aquatic ecosystems using gillnets of different mesh sizes or angling using standardized effort. In total, six groups of parasites were collected: Monogenea, Digenea, Cestoda, Nematoda, Copepoda and Branchiura. Among the groups of parasites found, nematodes presented the greatest number of species, with seven. The study lists new records of parasites in C. kelberi and C. piquiti, and new biogeography records of parasites in six different aquatic ecosystems in Brazil. The present paper collaborates with the study of conservation biology by adding new records of parasite species.

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Parasites as biological tags for Eleginops maclovinus (Teleostei: Eleginopidae) around the Falkland Islands

Journal of Helminthology ◽

10.1017/s0022149x07750514 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 81 (2) ◽

pp. 147-153 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

Paul Brickle ◽

Ken MacKenzie

Keyword(s):

Function Analysis ◽

Hierarchical Cluster ◽

Parasite Fauna ◽

Falkland Islands ◽

New Host ◽

Metazoan Parasites ◽

Linear Discriminant ◽

Eleginops Maclovinus ◽

Agglomerative Hierarchical Cluster Analysis ◽

Biological Tags

AbstractThis is the first study of the parasite fauna of Eleginops maclovinus in the Falkland Islands. It was undertaken to catalogue the parasite fauna of E. maclovinus in order to provide a baseline for future studies and to determine whether parasites might be used as biological tags. Between 21 January and 17 March 2002 samples were taken from three stations, Teal Creek (30 fish), Port Louis (30 fish) and Camilla Creek (10 fish), all in East Falkland, and examined for protozoan and metazoan parasites. Twenty-four parasite taxa were recorded, of which three were possible new species, two new host records and five new geographical records. Because of the small number of fish in the Camilla Creek sample it was excluded from further analyses. E. maclovinus is a protandrous hermaphrodite and all fish greater than 53 cm total length were found to be female, so these too were excluded from further analyses. The parasite data from the remaining fish were analysed by an agglomerative hierarchical cluster analysis using an average linkage and a Jaccard measure of similarity, followed by a linear discriminant function analysis (LDA). Both analyses misclassified only one fish from Port Louis as being from Teal Creek, with the LDA giving an overall correct classification of 97.5% (39/40). The results support mechanical tagging data in suggesting that smaller male E. maclovinus are resident in the creeks in which they are caught, and that at this stage of their lives they tend not to migrate over long distances.

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Helminths of the Marbled Goby (Pomatoschistus Marmoratus) a Mediterranean Immigrant in the Black Sea Fauna

Vestnik Zoologii ◽

10.2478/v10058-010-0034-6 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 44 (6) ◽

pp. e-25-e-34 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Yu. Kvach

Keyword(s):

Black Sea ◽

Parasite Species ◽

Parasite Fauna ◽

Life Cycles ◽

The Black Sea ◽

Trematode Species ◽

Cestode Species ◽

Great Tendency ◽

Component Community ◽

Metazoan Parasites

Helminths of the Marbled Goby (Pomatoschistus Marmoratus) a Mediterranean Immigrant in the Black Sea FaunaThe marbled goby,Pomatoschistus marmoratus(Risso, 1810), the Mediterranean immigrant in the Black Sea fauna, was examined for the metazoan parasites. In total, 12 parasite species were found to occurre. The component community consists of 7 trematode species, two nematodes, two acanthocephalans, and one cestode species. Two parasite species (Aphalloides coelomicolaandDichelyne minutus) were represented by both adults and larvae, four parasite species were presented by adults (Asymphylodora pontica, Paratimonia gobii, Acanthocephaloides propinquus, andTelosentis exiguus), and six species were presented by larvae (Bothriocephalus gregarius, Cryptocotyle concavum, C. lingua, Pygidiopsis genata, Timoniella imbutiforme, andContracaecum microcephalum).T. imbutiformehas the great tendency to join the infracommunity. The core of parasite fauna of the marbled goby consists of two specialists,A. coelomicolaandP. gobii, which immigrated to the Black Sea together with their hosts. The co-immigration is a result of co-evolution of the parasites' and host's life cycles.

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Metazoan Parasites and Health State of European Eel, Anguilla Anguilla (Anguilliformes, Anguillidae), From Tonga Lake and El Mellah Lagoon in the Northeast of Algeria

Vestnik Zoologii ◽

10.2478/vzoo-2018-0029 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 52 (4) ◽

pp. 279-288 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

F. Bakaria ◽

S. Belhaoues ◽

N. Djebbari ◽

M. Tahri ◽

I. Ladjama ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Brackish Water ◽

Parasite Species ◽

Anguilla Anguilla ◽

European Eel ◽

Health State ◽

Component Community ◽

Metazoan Parasites ◽

Parasite Communities ◽

High Dominance ◽

Argulus Foliaceus

Abstract The aim of the study was to examine metazoans parasite communities of European eels (Anguilla anguilla) in freshwater (Tonga Lake) and brackish water (El Mellah lagoon) in the northeast of Algeria. Six parasite taxa were collected: one monogenean, Pseudodactylogyrus sp.; two crustaceans, Ergasilus sp. and Argulus foliaceus; two nematodes, Cucullanus sp. and Anguillicola crassus; one cestode, Bothriocephalus claviceps. Th e most prevalent parasite taxa in freshwater were Pseudodactylogyrus sp., A. crassus and Bothriocephalus claviceps; whereas in the brackish water, eels were infected mainly with A. crassus. Th e characteristics of the parasite component community structure revealed low parasite species diversity and high dominance values in eels from the two localities. Both communities were dominated by a single parasite species: Tonga eels by the monogenean Pseudodactylogyrus sp. and El Mellah lagoon eels by the nematode A. crassus, verified by high Berger-Parker dominance values of 0.76 and 0.87 respectively.

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Some Metazoan Parasites from Marine Mammals Stranded in California

Pacific Science ◽

10.2984/73.4.3 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 73 (4) ◽

pp. 461

Author(s):

Marlene M. Colón-Llavina ◽

Simonetta Mattiucci ◽

Giuseppe Nascetti ◽

James T. Harvey ◽

Ernest H. Williams ◽

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Keyword(s):

Marine Mammals ◽

Metazoan Parasites

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Parasites as biological tags in marine fisheries research: European Atlantic waters

Parasitology ◽

10.1017/s0031182014000341 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 142 (1) ◽

pp. 54-67 ◽

Cited By ~ 16

Author(s):

K. MACKENZIE ◽

W. HEMMINGSEN

Keyword(s):

Marine Mammals ◽

Gadus Morhua ◽

Clupea Harengus ◽

Melanogrammus Aeglefinus ◽

Ecological Group ◽

The North ◽

Recent Developments ◽

Host Parasite ◽

Mediterranean And Black Seas ◽

Biological Tags

SUMMARYStudies of the use of parasites as biological tags for stock identification and to follow migrations of marine fish, mammals and invertebrates in European Atlantic waters are critically reviewed and evaluated. The region covered includes the North, Baltic, Barents and White Seas plus Icelandic waters, but excludes the Mediterranean and Black Seas. Each fish species or ecological group of species is treated separately. More parasite tag studies have been carried out on Atlantic herring Clupea harengus than on any other species, while cod Gadus morhua have also been the subject of many studies. Other species that have been the subjects of more than one study are: blue whiting Micromesistius poutassou, whiting Merlangius merlangus, haddock Melanogrammus aeglefinus, Norway pout Trisopterus esmarkii, horse mackerel Trachurus trachurus and mackerel Scomber scombrus. Other species are dealt with under the general headings redfishes, flatfish, tunas, anadromous fish, elasmobranchs, marine mammals and invertebrates. A final section highlights how parasites can be, and have been, misused as biological tags, and how this can be avoided. It also reviews recent developments in methodology and parasite genetics, considers the potential effects of climate change on the distributions of both hosts and parasites, and suggests host-parasite systems that should reward further research.

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