MONOGENEANS AND TREMATODES OF SOME FISHES FROM TIGRIS RIVER AT NORTH, MID AND SOUTH OF BAGHDAD PROVINCE, IRAQ | ||
| IRAQ JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURE | ||
| Article 1, Volume 19, Issue 1, March 2014, Pages 0-0 | ||
| Authors | ||
| J. M. Al-Jawda; K. R. Asmar | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Between January and December 2009, a total of 154 fish specimens were collected from Tigris River from three stations at north, mid and south of Baghdad province (Al-Taji, Al-Shawaka and Al-Zaafaraniya, respectively). These fishes belong to ten species: Alburnus caeruleus, Aspius vorax, Carasobarbus luteus, Carassius auratus, C. carassius, Cyprinus carpio, Cyprinion macrostomum, Liza abu, Mystus pelusius and Silurus triostegus. The result of inspection showed that eight species of these fishes were infected with 16 species of the class Monogenea and three species of the class Trematoda. The monogeneans included one species each of Dogielius, Ligophorus and Thaparocleidus, three species of Gyrodactylus and ten species of Dactylogyrus. The trematodes included one species of Ascocotyle and two species of Diplostomum. Among all these parasites, A. coleostoma infected the highest number of hosts (five host species) while 12 parasite species infected one host each. Among these fishes, C. luteus was infected with the highest number of parasite species (nine species), followed by C. carpio (eight species) while no infection was detected from both A. caeruleus and A. vorax. Furthermore, C. luteus is also reported as a new host record in Iraq for both Dactylogyrus kulwieci and Diplostomum commutatum and C. macrostomum as a new host for both Dactylogyrus anchoratus and D. skrjabini. | ||
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