RECORD OF GYRODACTYLUS BYCHOWSKIANUS BOGOLEPOVA, 1950 (MONOGENEA, GYRODACTYLIDAE) FOR THE FIRST TIME IN IRAQ FROM GILLS OF THE CYPRINID FISH ARABIBARBUS GRYBUS
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https://doi.org/10.26842/binhm.7.2019.15.3.0287Keywords:
Arabibarbus, Cyprinid, Gyrodactylus, Iraq, MonogeneaAbstract
The monogenean Gyrodactylus bychowskianus Bogolepova, 1950 is recorded in the present study for the first time in Iraq from the gills of the cyprinid fish Arabibarbus grypus (Heckel, 1843); which was collected from the Tigris River at Al-Taji Beach north of Baghdad Province during the period from July until November 2018.
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