NEW RECORDS OF SOME DIGENETIC TREMATODES IN SOME MARINE FISHES FROM IRAQ

Authors

  • Hassan A. Fazaa Department of Fisheries and Marine Resources, College of Agriculture, University of Basrah, Iraq.
  • Atheer H. Ali Department of Animal Production, College of Agriculture, University of Al-Muthanna, Samawah, Iraq.
  • Hussein A. Saud Department of Pathological analyses, College of Science, University of Basrah, Iraq.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26842/binhm.7.2024.18.2.0395

Keywords:

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

Abstract

A parasitological investigation of diagenetic trematodes in three fish species from Iraqi
marine territorial waters was conducted from December 2021 to December 2022. The study
identified five trematode species belonging to the families Hemiuridae, Acanthocolpidae, and
Opecoelidae. Lecithocladium angustiovum Yamaguti, 1953, found in the intestines of the
black pomfret Parastromateus niger (Bloch, 1795) ( T hree species of
acanthocolpid trematodes, Monostephanostomum loossi (Pandey & Tewari , 1984),
Stephanostomum ditrematis (Yamaguti, 1939), and Stephanostomum sp., were recorded in the
greater amberjack Seriola dumerili (Risso, 1810) Additionally, Pseudopecoeloides tenuis
Yamaguti, 1940 (Opecoelidae) was recorded in the purple spotted bigeye s Priacanthus
tayenus Richardson, 1810. Except for L. angustiovum , all of these parasites were recorded for
the first time in Iraq and the Arabian Gulf.

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Published

2024-12-20

Issue

Vol. 18 No. 2 (2024)

Section

Original Articles