MICROHABITAT OF MONOGENEAAND COPEPODIDS OF LERNAEA CYPRINACEA ON THE GILLS OF FOUR BRAZILIAN FRESHWATER FISH

Authors

  • Gabriela Tomas Jerônimo AQUOS – Aquatic Organisms Health Laboratory, Aquaculture Department, Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Rod. Admar Gonzaga, 1346, 88040-900, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil.
  • Eduardo Luiz Tavares Gonçalves AQUOS – Aquatic Organisms Health Laboratory, Aquaculture Department, Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Rod. Admar Gonzaga, 1346, 88040-900, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3708-6288
  • Daniela Bampi AQUOS – Aquatic Organisms Health Laboratory, Aquaculture Department, Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Rod. Admar Gonzaga, 1346, 88040-900, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4021-7063
  • Ágata Paseto AQUOS – Aquatic Organisms Health Laboratory, Aquaculture Department, Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Rod. Admar Gonzaga, 1346, 88040-900, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil.
  • Santiago Benites de Pádua Aquaculture Center of São Paulo State University, UNESP, Via de Acesso prof. Paulo Donato Castellane, s/n, Bairro Rural, 14884-900, Jaboticabal, São Paulo, Brazil. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1978-7387
  • Márcia Mayumi Ishikawa Embrapa Western Agriculture, EMBRAPA, BR 163, km 253.6, Cx. Postal 661, 79804-970, Dourados, Mato Grasso do Sul, Brazil. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2638-3332
  • Maurício Laterça Martins AQUOS – Aquatic Organisms Health Laboratory, Aquaculture Department, Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Rod. Admar Gonzaga, 1346, 88040-900, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5692-7591

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24039/rnh201371949

Keywords:

Characidae, Anacanthorus, Copepoda , Mymarothecium , Characidae, parasitologia, Siluriformes, Mymarothecium , parasitologia, Siluriformes

Abstract

This study evaluated the ectoparasite distribution on the gill archs of pond-reared pacu (Piaractus mesopotamicusHolmberg, 1887), hybrid patinga (P. mesopotamicusfemale x P. brachypomus(Cuvier, 1817) male), hybrid tambacu (Colossoma macropomum(Cuvier, 1816) female x P. mesopotamicus male) and hybrid surubim (Pseudoplatystoma reticulatumfemale x P. corruscansSpix & Agassiz, 1829 male). Atotal of 300 fish were examined from fish farms in West-Central Brazil for parasitological assessment of the gill arches I, II, III and IV, from the outer to inner arch, respectively. Only the monogenean Mymarothecium boegeriCohen & Kohn, 2005 and Anacanthorus penilabiatusBoeger, Husak & Martins, 1995 from the hybrid patinga showed the greatest (p<0.05) mean intensities on the gill arch I when compared to gill arch IV. Microhabitat preference was not observed in the other fish examined. Copepodids of Lernaea cyprinaceaLinnaeus 1758 showed no microhabitat preference. This study highlighted the fact that under culture conditions, homogeneous distribution of parasites on the gills may occur.

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Published

2013-02-15

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Tomas Jerônimo, G. ., Eduardo Luiz Tavares Gonçalves, Bampi, D. ., Paseto, Ágata, Benites de Pádua, S. ., Ishikawa, M. M. ., & Laterça Martins, M. . (2013). MICROHABITAT OF MONOGENEAAND COPEPODIDS OF LERNAEA CYPRINACEA ON THE GILLS OF FOUR BRAZILIAN FRESHWATER FISH. Neotropical Helminthology, 7(1), 65–74. https://doi.org/10.24039/rnh201371949

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