RECORDING OF PARASTIC AND FUNGAL INFECTIONS IN THREE FISH FARMS, SOUTH OF BAGHDAD

Between January and August 2002, a total of 74 fishes belonging to nine species (Alburnus caeruleus, Barbus luteus, B. sharpeyi, Carassius auratus, C. carassius, Ctenopharyngodon idella, Cyprinus carpio, Hypophathalmichthys molitrix Liza abu) were collected from three fish farms south Baghdad. Twenty-six parasites observed.They following : Three protozoa ( Ichthyophthirius multifiliis , Trichotina domerguei, Muxobolus nemchili), fifteen belonged monogenetic trematodes (Dactylogyrus achmerowi, D. anchoratus, arcuatus, baueri, dulkeiti, formosus, hypophathalmichthys, intermedius, lamellatus, minutus, solidus, varcohini, dvastator, Gyrodactylus baicalensis, G. elegans), digenetic (Diplostomum commutatum, phoxini, spathacum), one acanthocephala Neoechinorhynchus iraqensis ) four crustacea (Ergasilus mosulenis, E. sieboldi, Ergasilus sp., Lernaea cyprinacea ). Moreover, two fungal (Ichthyophonus hoferi ,Saprolegnia sp.). The observation Dactylogyrus formosus intermedius regarded as the first record in Iraq. Meanwhile five new hosts for 18 described present study. However, most isolated carpio (14 species).