First report of two parasitic copepods of Pampus argenteus (Stromateidae) in west of Persian Gulf, Iran

Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics

مقاله 2، دوره 11، شماره 1، 2015، صفحه 1-6   

نوع مقاله: Research articles

شناسه دیجیتال (DOI): 10.22067/ijab.v11i1.37496

نویسندگان

Maryam Khosheghbal؛ Jamileh Pazooki^*

Department of Marine Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University, G. C. Tehran, Iran

چکیده

A survey on parasitic copepods was carried out on Pampus argenteus Euphrasen, 1788 in Hormozgan province. Totally, 62 specimens were caught by bottom trawl from northwest of Qeshm Island in summer 2010 and winter 2011. These were immediately frozen in on-board deep freezer of fishing vessel. All samples were transferred to laboratory and after measuring fish weight and length, parasitological survey implemented by stereo-and light microscopes on body surface and gill cavities of the host. Individuals belong to two species of parasitic copepods were removed from the inner surface of the operculum and gill filaments of the host. The collected parasites were Nothobomolochus triceros (Basset- Smith, 1898) and Paralebion aliuncus (Rangnekar, 1955). The prevalence, mean intensity and abundance of parasites were as follows: N. triceros (6.45%, 0.8 ± 0.71 and 0.06) and P. aliuncus (1.61%, 0.2 ± 0.17 and 0.01), respectively. Both species of copepod parasites are reported, for the first time, from Iran.

کلیدواژه‌ها

Crustacean parasites؛ Copepod؛ Qeshm Island؛ Silver pomfret

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