Investigations on Endohelmint Fauna of Teleost Fishes of Aras and Murat Rivers in Turkey

Authors : Burçak ASLAN ÇELİK, Mehmet Cemal OĞUZ

Pages : 163-169

Doi:10.33714/masteb.835508

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Publication Date : 2021-06-05

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :In this study which has been done between April 2008 and June 2009, fishes captured from Ağrı and Erzurum were examined by endoparasite fauna. Examined fishes are as follows: Acanthobrama marmid Heckel, 1843, Alburnus akili Battalgil, 1942, Barbus plebejus Bonaparte, 1839, Barbus mursa Güldenstädt, 1773, Capoeta barroisi Lortet in Barrois, 1894, Capoeta capoeta Güldenstädt, 1773, Cyprinus carpio Linnaeus, 1758, Leuciscus cephalus Linnaeus, 1758. Consequently, a total of 908 individual parasites were detected from six parasite species; Rhabdochona denudata Dujardin, 1845 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Nematoda);, Neoechinorhynchus sp. and Pomphorhynchus sp. insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Acanthocephala);, Bothriocephalus acheilognathi Yamaguti, 1934, and Caryophyllaeus laticeps Pallas, 1781 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Cestoda);, Allocreadium isoporum Looss, 1894 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Digenea);. The distribution of the infection prevalence, mean intensity, and abundance values of parasite species were determined. As a result of our study, 93 of 233 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(39.91%); fish were reported with parasites.
Keywords : Endohelminth, Parasite fauna, Aras River, Murat River