the parasite fauna of 50 specimens of spiny eel obtained from two lakes, zarivar (in kurdistan province) and parishan (in fars province) and one river, heleh (booshehr province) were examined during the year 2003. a total of nine parasite species were found. gills of spiny eel were infected with ichthyophthirius multifiliis , trichodina pediculus (protozoa) and mastacembelocleidus heteranchorus...

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...

The parasite fauna of 50 specimens of spiny eel obtained from two lakes, Zarivar (in Kurdistan province) and Parishan (in Fars province) and one river, Heleh (Booshehr province) were examined during the year 2003. A total of nine parasite species were found. Gills of spiny eel were infected with Ichthyophthirius multifiliis , Trichodina pediculus (protozoa) and Mastacembelocleidus heteranchorus...