Unraveling Fish‐Parasite Interactions Throughout Mexico Over an 85‐Year Period

We curated a dataset containing 5999 records of 361 freshwater fish species (~70% known in the country) and 483 endo- ectoparasitic helminths registered throughout Mexico over an 85-year period (from 1936 to 2021). Taxonomically, highest numbers host corresponded family Cichlidae, parasites trematode Diplostomidae. hope this will encourage researchers worldwide explore different ecological coevolutionary aspects fishes their helminth parasites, as well provide useful information for better implementation conservation initiatives. Photo 1. Attachment hooks Gyrodactylus cichlidarum (Platyhelminthes: Monogenea), African parasite co-introduced with aquacultured tilapia. credit: Adriana García-Vásquez (INECOL). 2. salmonis on skin juvenile rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss farmed Estado de México, Mexico. Greta Hanako Rosas Saito 3. Tabascotrema verai Trematoda), shown be complex cryptic infecting native cichlid Berenit Mendoza-Garfias (UNAM). 4. fishes. Ulises Razo-Mendivil These photographs illustrate article “Fish-Parasite Interactions: continental waters involving fauna” by Luis García-Prieto, Wesley Dáttilo, Miguel Rubio-Godoy, Gerardo Pérez-Ponce León published Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3815.