A 2-yr, seasonal, parasitological study of 1,435 fish, belonging to 4 species of native fishes and 7 species of nonnative fishes from the lower Little Colorado River (LCR) and tributary creeks, Grand Canyon, Arizona, yielded 17 species of parasites. These comprised 1 myxozoan (Henneguya exilis), 2 copepods (Ergasilus arthrosis and Lernaea cyprinacea), 1 acarine (Oribatida gen. sp.), 1 piscicoli...

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...

The aim of this study was to detect the occurrence of parasites in Prussian carp, Carassius gibelio as the most important alien fish in Anzali international wetland. This undesirable fish was introduced accidentally to Iran with Chinese carp fries which imported to the country during the last decades and then acceded to Anzali wetland. Today this fish has significant stocks in Anzali wetland bu...