DOI: 10.14798/72.1.710
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OCCURRENCE AND INTENSITY OF PARASITES IN EUROPEAN CATFISH, Silurus glanis L., 1758 FROM THE ANZALI WETLAND, SOUTHWEST OF THE CASPIAN SEA, IRAN
2014, 72 (1) p. 25-31
Javad Daghigh Roohi, Masoud Sattari, Mehrdad Asgharnia, Rudabeh Rufchaei
Abstract
The Anzali wetland is located in the southwest of the Caspian Sea. A total of 86 European catfish, Silurus glanis L., 1758, were collected between April and July 2012 in this wetland. After recording biometric characteristics, common necropsy and parasitology methods were used. In the present study, a total of 17,214 individuals of 14 parasite species were recovered from European catfish. Parasitofauna consisted of two protozoans: Ichthyophthirius multifiliis and Trichodina sp.; two nematodes: Raphidascaris acus and Eustrongylides excisus larvae; one acanthocephalan: Acanthocephalus lucii; three cestodes: Silurotaenia siluri, Proteocephalus osculatus and Bothriocephalus sp. larvae; two digenean trematodes: Orientocreadium siluri and Diplostomum spathaceum; two monogenean trematodes: Silurodiscoides vistulensis and Silurodiscoides siluri; and two crustaceans: copepodid stage of Lernaea cyprinacea and Argulus foliaceus. The occurrence of R. acus, I. multifiliis, Trichodina sp., Silurotaenia siluri, A. lucii, A. foliaceus in S. glanis has been reported for the first time in Iran.
Keywords
fish, parasite, silurus glanis, caspian sea, anzali, wetland