This study was carried out to investigate occurrence of parasite in selected cyprinid fish species in Gandoman Lagoon, in the vicinity of Gandoman City, Chaharmahal & Bakhtyari Province. A total of 90 fish specimens including Cyprinus carpio, Carassius auratus gibelio, Capoeta aculeata , C.damascina, Chondrostoma regium and Alburnus alburnus from Gandoman were examined during spring and summer...

In this paper, the metazoan parasite community system of Capoeta damascina in the Tigris basin (Mesopotamian region) in the Middle-East is presented. Overall, 54 species have been identified. Between 2005 and 2008, Iranian surveys of Capoeta damascina found a total of 47 metazoan parasites species, most identified to species level. In addition, 6 parasite species from Iraq and 1 species from oc...