LARVAE OF ANISAKIDAE SKRJABIN & KAROKHIN, 1945 (NEMATODA, ASCARIDOIDEA) IN LOPHIUS GASTROPHYSUS MIRANDA-RIBEIRO, 1915 (ACTINOPTERYGII, LOPHIIDAE) FROM THE COASTAL ZONE OF THE STATE OF RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL

Authors

  • Fabiano M. Vieira Curso de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Veterinárias e Departamento de Parasitologia Animal, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Caixa Postal 74508, CEP 23851-970, Seropédica, RJ, Brasil. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5220-7252
  • Caroline D. R. Saad Curso de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Veterinárias e Departamento de Parasitologia Animal, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Caixa Postal 74508, CEP 23851-970, Seropédica, RJ, Brasil. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2080-6696
  • José L. Luque Curso de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Veterinárias e Departamento de Parasitologia Animal, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Caixa Postal 74508, CEP 23851-970, Seropédica, RJ, Brasil. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6273-0349

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24039/rnh2012621005

Keywords:

Brazil, Anisakid larvae, Lophius gastrophysus

Abstract

The morphological and quantitative data of the larvae of Anisakidae that parasitize Lophius
gastrophysus Miranda-Ribeiro, 1915 were recorded from a marine fish of commercial importance, on
the coast of the Rio de Janeiro state. Thirty six specimens of L. gastrophysus were necropsied. The
fishes were obtained in Cabo Frio, north coast of the state of Rio de Janeiro (23º S and 42º W) and the
municipality of Rio de Janeiro, from the coast of Rio de Janeiro state (21-23° S and 41-45° W). We
found five species of anisakid larvae: Anisakis type I, Terranova sp., Contracaecum sp.,
Hysterothylacium sp. and Raphidascaris sp. The larvae of Anisakis type I were found with prevalence
(P) of 22.2% and mean abundace (MA) of 0.53 larvae per host necropsied. The third stage larvae of
Terranova sp. were collected with a P=8.3% and MA=0.08. Contracaecum sp. was observed at
P=8.3% and MA=0.08. Hysterothylacium sp. was observed at P=25% and MA=0.47. The larvae of
Raphidascaris sp. were recorded with P=11.1% and MA=0.42. The present study is the first record of
Anisakis type I, Terranova sp. and Contracaeum sp. parasitizing L. gastrophysus of the coast of the
Rio de Janeiro state.

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Published

2012-12-12

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Vieira, F. M., Saad, C. D. R., & Luque, J. L. (2012). LARVAE OF ANISAKIDAE SKRJABIN & KAROKHIN, 1945 (NEMATODA, ASCARIDOIDEA) IN LOPHIUS GASTROPHYSUS MIRANDA-RIBEIRO, 1915 (ACTINOPTERYGII, LOPHIIDAE) FROM THE COASTAL ZONE OF THE STATE OF RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL. Neotropical Helminthology, 6(2), 159–177. https://doi.org/10.24039/rnh2012621005

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