FIRST RECORD OF TWO DIPLECTANID MONOGENOIDS FROM THREE SPARID FISHES IN IRAQI MARINE WATERS

Authors

  • Ali A. R. Al-Darwesh Department of Fisheries and Marine Resources, College of Agriculture, University of Basrah, Iraq
  • Atheer H. Ali Department of Fisheries and Marine Resources, College of Agriculture, University of Basrah, Iraq
  • Hussein A. Saud Department of Fisheries and Marine Resources, College of Agriculture, University of Basrah, Iraq

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26842/binhm.7.2022.17.2.0203

Keywords:

Arabian Gulf, Fish, Iraq, Marine, Monogenoidea, Parasite.

Abstract

Parasitological examination of gills of three species of sparid fishes in the territorial waters of Iraq was performed, two diplectanid monogenoids were isolated and described; Lamellodiscus indicus Tripathi, 1959 from both Haffara seabream Rhabdosargus haffara (Forsskål, 1775) and Goldline seabream R. sarba (Forsskål, 1775) and Protolamellodiscus senilobatus Kritsky, Jiménez-Ruiz and Sey, 2000 from King soldierbream Argyrops spinifer (Forsskål, 1775). The record of the parasites is considered new to the parasite fauna of Iraq. The redescription of L. indicus for the first time which is collected from a new distribution area (Arabian Gulf). R. haffara is considered a new host record .

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Published

2022-12-20

Issue

Vol. 17 No. 2 (2022)

Section

Original Articles