PARASITE COMMUNITIES OF THE TRAMBOLLO, LABRISOMUS PHILIPPII (STEINDACHNER, 1866) (PERCIFORMES: LABRISOMIDAE), OFF COASTAL ZONE OF CHORRILLOS, LIMA, PERU

Authors

  • José Iannacone Laboratorio de Invertebrados - Museo de Historia Natural. Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas. Universidad Ricardo Palma. Av. Benavides 5440, Lima 33, Perú. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3699-4732
  • Juan Pablo Cerapio Laboratorio de Invertebrados - Museo de Historia Natural. Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas. Universidad Ricardo Palma. Av. Benavides 5440, Lima 33, Perú. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3032-3180
  • Jorge Cárdenas-Callirgos Laboratorio de Invertebrados - Museo de Historia Natural. Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas. Universidad Ricardo Palma. Av. Benavides 5440, Lima 33, Perú. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6235-6107
  • Karenth Sánchez Laboratorio de Invertebrados - Museo de Historia Natural. Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas. Universidad Ricardo Palma. Av. Benavides 5440, Lima 33, Perú.
  • Fiorella Briceño Laboratorio de Invertebrados - Museo de Historia Natural. Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas. Universidad Ricardo Palma. Av. Benavides 5440, Lima 33, Perú. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9718-8529
  • Anthony Dueñas Laboratorio de Invertebrados - Museo de Historia Natural. Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas. Universidad Ricardo Palma. Av. Benavides 5440, Lima 33, Perú. https://orcid.org/0009-0004-7098-0689

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24039/rnh2011511037

Keywords:

Corynosoma, Helicometra, marine fish, metazoan parasites, Prosorhynchiodes, Perú, Zoogonus.

Abstract

Labrisomus philippii (Steindachner, 1866) is a marine fish species of intertidal-subtidal rocky bottom with distribution on the coast of Peru and Chile. 124 specimens of L. philippii were acquired in the Chorrillos Fishmarket, Lima, Peru, between May to September 2008 to evaluate parasitefauna infracommunities. Fish showed a mean length of 19.1 cm (10 cm to 24.5 cm). Parasites were collected and counted employing conventional techniques. Parasite assemblages were higher for endoparasite (99.3%) than ectoparasites abundance (0.70%). The mean parasite species richness as 1.1 (0-5). Forty-seven hosts were not parasited and seventy-seven hosts showed infection at least with one parasite specie. Eight parasites with the following prevalence and mean abundance were found: an unidentified mixosporea (7.2%; 0.1±0.5), the copepod Acanthochondria syciasis (Kroyer, 1863) (4%; 0.04±0.2), three trematods, Zoogonus rubellus (Olsson, 1868) (32.2; 18.4±128.9), Prosorhynchoides rioplatensis (Szidat, 1970) Lunaschi, 2003 (30.6%; 3.6±12.1), and Helicometra fasciata (Rudolphi, 1819) (13.7%; 4.7±19.4), the larval acanthocephala Corynosoma australe Johnston, 1937 (15.3%; 0.5±2.0), the nematode Proleptus sp. (2.4%; 0.02± 0.1) and a Piscicolidae unidentified gen. specie (1.6%; 0.02± 0.1). Importance concept of Bursey showed that Z. rubellus (1872), H. fasciata (483.7) and P. rioplatensis (390) presented high numeric values. Five of the eight parasites showed an aggregated distribution. Finally, the results obtained of community parasite structure registered on L. philippii twenty years ago in the same locality of study were compared.

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Published

2011-03-15

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Iannacone, J., Cerapio, J. P., Cárdenas-Callirgos, J., Sánchez, K., Briceño, F., & Dueñas, A. (2011). PARASITE COMMUNITIES OF THE TRAMBOLLO, LABRISOMUS PHILIPPII (STEINDACHNER, 1866) (PERCIFORMES: LABRISOMIDAE), OFF COASTAL ZONE OF CHORRILLOS, LIMA, PERU. Neotropical Helminthology, 5(1), 73–84. https://doi.org/10.24039/rnh2011511037

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