New Host Records for the Asian Fish Tapeworm, Bothriocephalus acheilognathi, in Endangered Fish Species from the Virgin River, Utah, Nevada, and Arizona

AbstractNative and exotic fishes were collected from 29 sites across coastal and inland New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria, using a range of techniques, to infer the distribution of Bothriocephalus acheilognathi (Cestoda: Pseudophyllidea) and the host species in which it occurs. The distribution of B. acheilognathi was determined by that of its principal host, carp, Cyprinuscarpio; it did not occur at sites where carp were not present. The parasite was recorded from all native fish species where the sample size exceeded 30 and which were collected sympatrically with carp: Hypseleotris klunzingeri, Hypseleotris sp. 4, Hypseleotris sp. 5, Phylipnodon grandiceps and Retropinna semoni. Bothriocephalus acheilognathi was also recorded from the exotic fishes Gambusia holbrooki and Carassiusauratus. Hypseleotris sp. 4, Hypseleotris sp. 5, P. grandiceps, R. semoni and C. auratus are new host records. The parasite was not recorded from any sites in coastal drainages. The only carp population examined from a coastal drainage (Albert River, south-east Queensland) was also free of infection; those fish had a parasite fauna distinct from that of carp in inland drainages and may represent a separate introduction event. Bothriocephalus acheilognathi has apparently spread along with its carp hosts and is so far restricted to the Murray-Darling Basin. The low host specificity of this parasite is cause for concern given the threatened or endangered nature of some Australian native freshwater fish species. A revised list of definitive hosts of B. acheilognathiis presented.

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Cestoda, Bothriocephalidae, Bothriocephalus acheilognathi Yamaguti, 1934; Nematoda, Rhabdochonidae, Rhabdochona canadensis Moravec and Arai, 1971: new records for the state of Puebla, Mexico, and a new fish host

Check List ◽

10.15560/6.3.437 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 6 (3) ◽

pp. 437 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Rogelio Aguilar-Aguilar ◽

Alexis José-Abrego ◽

Gerardo Pérez-Ponce de León

Keyword(s):

New Records ◽

Fish Host ◽

Cyprinid Fish ◽

The State ◽

Helminth Fauna ◽

Helminth Species ◽

Helminth Parasites ◽

New Host ◽

Bothriocephalus Acheilognathi ◽

New Host Records

In order to contribute to the knowledge on helminth parasites of freshwater fishes in Mexico, the helminth fauna of the cyprinid fish Notropis moralesi was studied. The helminth species Bothriocephalus acheilognathi and Rhabdochona canadensis were recovered from 20 examined hosts. Values of prevalence, abundance and mean intensity of each infection are provided. Present work represents the first helminthological study for N. moralesi. Therefore, both helminth species recorded are new host records. This is the second report of B. acheilognathi and the first of R. canadensis for the state of Puebla.

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New host records and a checklist of fishes infected with Austrodiplostomum compactum (Digenea: Diplostomidae) in Brazil

Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária ◽

10.1590/s1984-29612013000400010 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 22 (4) ◽

pp. 511-518 ◽

Cited By ~ 17

Author(s):

Igor Paiva Ramos ◽

Lidiane Franceschini ◽

Aline Cristina Zago ◽

Érica de Oliveira Penha Zica ◽

Alison Carlos Wunderlich ◽

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Keyword(s):

Fish Species ◽

Native Species ◽

Host Fish ◽

New Host ◽

Paulo State ◽

Second Intermediate Host ◽

New Hosts ◽

Iheringichthys Labrosus ◽

New Host Records ◽

Hoplosternum Littorale

This study reports the infection of fishes byAustrodiplostomum compactum metacercariae in the Chavantes reservoir, medium Paranapanema River, municipality of Ipaussu, São Paulo State, Brazil. Twenty-three fish species were analysed, and 13 were infected with A. compactum metacercariae (56.5%) in their eyes. The following six fish species are new hosts for this metacercaria:Crenicichla haroldoi (1/1), Eigenmannia trilineata (11/6), Hoplosternum littorale(11/1), Iheringichthys labrosus (17/2),Leporinus amblyrhynchus (11/1), and Piaractus mesopotamicus (3/1). These new species increase the number of Brazilian fish species infected with this parasite to 36. Based on these findings, we hypothesise that the metacercariae larval stage of the parasite has a low specificity for the second intermediate host (fish). The majority of fish species infected in Brazil belong to the Loricariidae and Cichlidae families. For the fish species with higher mean abundances in Brazil, six are non-native species, and currently, Plagioscion squamosissimus has the highest mean abundance. The majority of fish species infected with A. compactum in Brazil are concentrated in the Paraná basin, although this may be related to the distribution of researchers.

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Helminth Parasites of the Gunner,Tautogolabrus adspersus(Walbaum) in Newfoundland

Journal of Helminthology ◽

10.1017/s0022149x00021726 ◽

1970 ◽

Vol 44 (2) ◽

pp. 169-188 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Chandra Sekhar S. ◽

William Threlfall

Keyword(s):

Fish Species ◽

Host Species ◽

Helminth Parasites ◽

Tautogolabrus Adspersus ◽

New Host ◽

Metazoan Parasites ◽

Negative Results ◽

Close Proximity ◽

Species Being ◽

New Host Records

808 cunners,Tautogolabrus adspersus(Walbaum) were obtained from eight sampling stations around the Newfoundland coast, during the periods August-September, 19G7 and July-October, 1908. The fish were examined for metazoan parasites using conventional parasitological techniques. 22 species of parasites (10 trematode; 5 cestode; 6 nematode; 1 acanthocephalan) were recovered. This number excludes metacercariae ofCryptocotyle lingua(Creplin, 1825). 19 are new host records. Details of infections with the various species are given, each species being discussed and/or described individually. No leeches were found on this host despite the fact that it lives in. close proximity to other fish species that are heavily infested and an experiment performed to determine if leeches would move from one host species to another gave negative results.

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Morphometrics and levels of infections of digeneans in belonid fish species off the coast of Tunisia

Journal of Helminthology ◽

10.1017/s0022149x15000644 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 90 (5) ◽

pp. 523-532

Author(s):

M. Châari ◽

H. Derbel ◽

L. Neifar

Keyword(s):

Gall Bladder ◽

Spatial Variation ◽

Fish Species ◽

Host Species ◽

New Host ◽

Digenean Species ◽

Tunisian Coast ◽

Belone Belone ◽

New Host Records

AbstractThree species of belonid fish, Belone belone gracilis Lowe, 1839, Belone svetovidovi Collette & Parin, 1970 and Tylosurus acus imperialis (Rafinesque, 1810), caught off the eastern Tunisian coast were infected with eight species of Digenea. Among these, four species were commonly found in B. b. gracilis and are new host records for B. svetovidovi. They are: Lecithostaphylus retroflexus (Molin, 1859), Tergestia acanthocephala (Stossich, 1887) Stossich, 1899 and Aponurus laguncula Looss, 1907 in the intestine, and the metacercaria Condylocotyla pilodora Pearson and Prévot, 1985 in the pericardial sac. Four other digenean species were recorded from T. a. imperialis: Lecithostaphylus tylosuri Châari et al., 2013 and Tetrochetus coryphaenae Yamaguti, 1934 in the intestine, Oesophagotrema mediterranea Châari et al., 2011 in the oesophagus and vomer teeth, and Sclerodistomoides pacificus Kamegai, 1971 in the gall bladder. Tetrochetus coryphaenae and S. pacificus represent new host and geographical records. The spatial variation of digenean parasites within belonid host species is discussed.

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Occurrence of black spot disease induced by Posthodiplostomum cuticola (Nordmann, 1832) (Digenea: Diplostomatidae) in endemic and native fish of Turkey: seven new host records

Journal of the Hellenic Veterinary Medical Society ◽

10.12681/jhvms.23636 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 71 (2) ◽

pp. 2120

Author(s):

D. INNAL ◽

F. ÖZDEMIR ◽

M.M. STAVRESCU-BEDIVAN ◽

O. OZMEN ◽

M.O. ÖZTURK

Keyword(s):

Fish Species ◽

Black Spot ◽

Native Fish ◽

New Host ◽

Melanin Pigmentation ◽

Spot Disease ◽

Fish Muscles ◽

Connective Tissue Capsule ◽

New Host Records ◽

Black Spot Disease

This study was conducted to determine parasite infection with Posthodiplostomum cuticola in eight fish species collected from five Rivers Basins of Turkey (Aras, Çoruh, Sakarya, Marmara and Susurluk River Basins). Five of eight fish species are endemic to Turkey. The highest values of prevalence and mean intensity (60.87%; 4.86) of cysts with metacercaria of P. cuticola were recorded in Alburnus filippii, a native fish species in Ağıl Creek. At the gross examination numerous black lesions were observed at the skin of the fishes. Microscopically black-spot disease was revealed by melanin pigmentation and atrophy of fish muscles in lesioned areas. Parasites were covered by thing connective tissue capsule. Alburnus escherichii, Alburnus filippii, Capoeta tinca, Chondrostoma angorense, Chondrostoma colchicum, Squalius pursakensis and Squalius turcicus were found as new host records for P. cuticola.

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Monogeneans and Trematodes of some Fishes from Lake Hamrin in Diyala Province, Iraq

Basrah Journal of Agricultural Sciences ◽

10.37077/25200860.2020.33.2.19 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 33 (2) ◽

pp. 218-228

Author(s):

Jawdat M. Al-Jawda ◽

Maan H. Ali

Keyword(s):

Fish Species ◽

Host Species ◽

Carassius Auratus ◽

Parasite Species ◽

Trematode Species ◽

Laboratory Examination ◽

New Host ◽

The Family ◽

New Host Records ◽

Clinostomum Complanatum

Between January and December 2019, a total of 368 fish specimens were collected from Lake Hamrin in Diyala province, Iraq. Eight species of these fishes belonged to the family Cyprinidae, five to the family Leuciscidae as well as one species each to Bagridae, Heteropneustidae, Siluridae, Mugilidae and Mastacembelidae. After the laboratory examination these fishes were found to be infected with 30 monogeneans and two trematode species. The monogeneans included one species each of Mastacembelocleidus, Paradiplozoon, Solostamenides, and Thaparocleidus, two species of Dogielius, four species of Gyrodactylus and 20 species of Dactylogyrus, while the trematodes included one species each of Ascocotyle which infects eight fish species and Clinostomum which infect nine fish species. Clinostomum complanatum infected nine host species, also, the results of the present study revealed that 15 parasite species infect only one host species each. Carassius auratus was infected with 18 parasite species and Cyprinus carpio with nine species. Eight fish species are reported here as new host records in Iraq for 13 parasite species.

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A new species of Glyptapanteles (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Microgastrinae), a larval parasitoid of Elymnias hypermnestra (Linnaeus) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae), along with some new host records of parasitoids from Peninsular India

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.3227.1.3 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 3227 (1) ◽

pp. 54 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

ANKITA GUPTA ◽

BLAISE PEREIRA

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

New Host ◽

Peninsular India ◽

Larval Parasitoid ◽

Hymenopteran Parasitoids ◽

First Time ◽

A New Species ◽

New Host Records

A new species, Glyptapanteles hypermnestrae Gupta and Pereira, is described from Maharashtra, India, and comparedwith closely allied species. This new species was bred from parasitized larvae of Elymnias hypermnestra (Linnaeus) (Lep-idoptera: Nymphalidae). In addition to this, two hymenopteran parasitoids, Apanteles folia Nixon (Braconidae: Microgas-trinae) and Brachymeria indica (Krausse) (Chalcididae), are for first time reported parasitizing larvae of Arhopalaamantes (Hewitson) (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) and pupae of Pareronia valeria (Cramer) (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) respectively.

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