ABSTRACT In Pekalongan City, Betta fish, or Siamese fighting fish is gaining popularity. However, many problems often occur in care, such as disease attacks from parasites, including ectoparasites. This research identified the types of ectoparasites and determined its prevalence degree infection betta City. this exploratory research, data were descriptively analyzed. The obtained 60 samples mea...

OBJECTIVE There is no study on the trematode parasites of Lophius piscatorius. The aim of this study is to address the lack of knowledge about the parasites of angler fish from the coasts of Turkish seas. METHODS Frozen individuals of L. piscatorius from the coasts of Izmir were brought to Ataturk University, and their visceral organs were parasitologically investigated. Parasites were fixed ...

The nematode parasites of 30 spot-tailed robbers, Brycinus imberi, five tiger-fish, Hydrocynus vittatus, 77 large-scaled yellowfish. Barbus marequensis, two mudsuckers, Labeo molybdinus, 114 catfish, Clarias gariepinus, 46 silver barbel, Schilbe intermedius, 66 squeakers, Synodontis zambezensis, three eels, Anguilla spp., 83 Mozambique bream, Oreochromis mossambicus, 81 red-breasted bream, Tila...

Abstract: Over a 7-year period, parasites have been collected from 28 species of groupers (Serranidae, Epinephelinae) in the waters off New Caledonia. Host-parasite and parasite-host lists are provided, with a total of 337 host-parasite combinations, including 146 parasite identifications at the species level. Results are included for isopods (5 species), copepods (19), monogeneans (56), digene...

Geographic variations in the diversity and prevalence of helminth parasites of fish can provide important clues as to the relatedness of fish populations. In the present work, the stomachs of 64 conger eels, Conger conger, collected during 1999 and 2000, were examined for the presence of parasites. Four fish were infected with L3 stages of the nematode Anisakis simplex s.l. (Anisakidae), 1 with...

Lernaea cyprinacea, commonly known as anchor worm, is a cosmopolitan invasive copepod that parasitizes wide variety of freshwater fish, including several native and endemic species the Iberian Peninsula (Sánchez-Hernández 2017), like Squalius alburnoides from Guadiana River basin depicted in photograph, with 3 different individuals attached. Anchor worm was introduced to Iberia Asia 1970s (Simo...