Ectoparasites which often attack tilapia include Trichodina sp., Dactylogyrus spp., Gyrodactylus and Epistylis spp. This research aims to determine the types, prevalence, intensity of ectoparasites found on (Oreochromis niloticus) in floating net cages Batanghari River, Jambi. The was conducted from February through March 2020. A survey method is carried out direct sampling at study site identi...

Three new and one already known species of Dactylogyrus Diesing, 1850 are described from five Labeo (Cyprinidae) sampled in the middle section Sanaga hydrosystem (Centre Region-Cameroon): sanagaensis sp. nov. Tshibwabwa, 1997, L. nunensis Pellegrin, 1929, camerunensis Trewavas, 1974 annectens Boulenger, 1903; nachtigalensis D. yassensis Musilová, Řehulková & Gelnar, 2009 batesii 1911; djimensis...

Bite force, a measure of performance, can be used to link anatomical form and function. Earlier studies have shown bite force to have a significant influence on dietary constraints and ontogenetic shifts in resource utilization. The bonnethead shark, Sphyrna tiburo, is a durophagous member of the family Sphyrnidae. Its diet in South Florida waters consists almost entirely of blue crabs, which a...

The Caspian frisian roach (Rutilus frisii kutum), economically a very important fish species in Iran, is propagated in fishponds, reared into the rivers in fingerling size and then harvested from the Caspian Sea in adult stage. We found six monogenean parasites on the Caspian frisian roach including five Dactylogyrus spp. on fingerlings cultured in fishponds and rivers and two Dactylogyrus spp....

WillomitzerJ J.: Seasonal Dynamics of Parasitoses in Grasscarp (Utenopharyngodon idella) Fry and Fingerlings. Acta vet. Brno, 49, 1980: 269 277. Examination of grasscarp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) fry and fingerlings from the State Fishery, Pohorelice, for 3 years revealed grasscarp infestation with 12 parasite genera or species. The intensity and extensity of infestation was highest in the peri...

The purpose of this study was to identify ectoparasites and their prevalence infecting Rastrelliger kanagurta in North Sumatera, Medan. So far, people use fish as a processed product. method used is survey with direct collection at the research site. Samples were taken using random sampling technique. Sampling carried out five places Belawan number samples studied many 30 individuals an average...