Parasites of some bonyfish species from the Boojagh wetland in the southwest shores of the Caspian Sea

The Boojagh international wetland with a surface area of ۸۰ hectares and ۲۵ fish species is located in the southwest shores of the Caspian Sea (Guilan province, Iran), but there is no report about fish parasites in this wetland. In the present study, a total of ۵۵۳ individuals of ۸ fish species including Cyprinus carpio (n=۷۱), Abramis bjoerkna (n=۱۵۳), Carassius auratus gibelio (n=۸۹), Esox lucius (n=۳۹), Rutilus rutilus caspius (n=۳۶), Rutilus frisii kutum (n=۸۱), Scardinius erythrophthalmus (n=۱۱۹) and Tinca tinca (n=۴), were collected in October ۲۰۰۱ through November ۲۰۰۳. Eight parasite species were identified in the fishes consisting of ۱ nematode: Raphidascaris acus (in E. lucius and S. erythrophthalmus); ۱ cestode: Caryophyllaeus fimbriceps (in R. rutilus caspius and C. carpio); ۲ digenean trematodes: Asymphylodora tincae (in T. tinca) and Diplostomum spathaceum (in all of the fish species except for T. tinca and S. erythrophthalmus); ۲ monogenean trematodes: Tetraonchus monenteron (in E. lucius) and Dactylogyrus sp. (in C. carpio, A. bjoerkna and C. auratus gibelio); ۱ crustacean: Lernaea cyprinacea (in A. bjoerkna, T. tinca and R. rutilus caspius) and ۱ leech : Piscicola sp. (in R. rutilus caspius and C. carpio). The occurrence of R. acus in S. erythrophthalmus and also that of C. fimbriceps in R. rutilus caspius are reported for the first time as new host records.   REFERENCES Amlacher, E., (۱۹۹۲). Taschenbuch der Fischkrankheiten. Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart. Bush, A. O., Lafferty, K. D., Lotz, J. M., & Shostak, A. W., (۱۹۹۷). Parasitology meets ecology on its own terms: Margolis et al. Revisited. Journal of Parasitology, ۸۳: ۵۷۵-۵۸۳. Karanis, P., Taraschewiski, H., (۱۹۹۳). Host-Parasite interface of Caryophyllaeus laticeps (Eucestoda: Caryophyllidae) in three species of fish, Journal of Fish Diseases, ۱۶: ۳۷۱-۳۷۹.  Kagel, M., Taraschewiski, H., (۱۹۹۳). HostParasite interface of Diplozoon paradoxum (Monogenea) in naturally infected bream, Abramis brama (L.), Journal of Fish Diseases, ۱۶: ۵۰۱-۵۰۶.  Khara, H., Sattari, M., Nezami, S., Mirhasheminasab, S.F, Mousavi, S.A., (۲۰۰۵). Parasites of some bonyfishes in Amirkelayeh wetland from the southwest of the Caspian Sea, ۱۲th EAFP International Conference on Diseases of Fish and Shelfish, Copenhagen, Denmark Magurran, A. D., (۱۹۹۶). Ecological diversity and its measurement, Chapman and Hall, London. Moravec, F., (۱۹۹۴). Parasitic Nematodes of Freshwater Fishes of Europe, Kluwer Academic Publishers, pp. ۱۷۲-۱۷۳, ۱۹۵- ۱۹۸, ۳۷۷-۳۸۰, ۳۹۶-۳۹۹. Sattari, M., (۱۹۹۶). Parasites of some bonyfish species of Anzali wetland from the southwest of the Caspian Sea, Report to the University of Guilan, Iran, pp. ۴۵-۵۰ (In Persian). Sattari, M., (۱۹۹۹). Parasites of sturgeons (Chondrostei: Acipenseridae) from the southwest of the Caspian Sea [In: Persian], PhD Dissertation, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, The University of Tehran, Iran, ۲۸۰ p. Sattari, M., Khara, H., Nezami, S., Roohi, J.D., Shafii, S. (۲۰۰۵). Occurrence and intensity of some nematodes in the bonyfish species of the Caspian Sea and its Basin, Bulletin of the European Association of Fish Pathologists, ۲۵: ۱۶۶-۱۷۸. Stoskopf, M.K., (۱۹۹۳), Fish Medicine, W.B. Saunders, Philadelphia, pp: ۵۲-۶۳ Yamaguti, S., (۱۹۶۱). The nematodes of vertebrate, Part I, II. Systema helmintum III, Interscience publisher, New York, London, ۱۲۶۱ p.

Keywords:

Bonyfish , Parasite , Caspian Sea , Boojagh wetland