The examination of gills of the common carp Cyprinus carpio revealed the presence of two species of the family Trichodinidae belonging to the genus Dipartiella (Raabe, 1959) Stein, 1961 namely D. indiana Saha and Bandyopadhyay, 2017 and D. kazubski Mitra and Bandyopadhyay, 2009 for the first time in Iraq from Al-Graiat location on the Tigris River at Baghdad city. This also represents the first record of the genus Dipartiella from fishes of Iraq. The descriptions and measurements of these two parasite species as well as their illustrations were given.
The examination of gills of the Cyprinus carpio Linnaeus, 1758 which were collected from Al-Graiat location on the Tigris river at Baghdad province during the period from July 2015 until the end of March 2016, resulted recording of the ciliophoran Tripartiella rhombi Shtein, 1961 for the first time in Iraq. The description and measurements of this parasite as well as its illustrations were given. With this record, two of Tripartiella species so far recorded from C. carpio as well as of all other Iraqi fishes.
تم جمع ما مجموعه 578 سمكة ، تنتمي إلى 19 نوعًا ، من منطقة الغريات على نهر دجلة في محافظة بغداد خلال الفترة من يوليو 2015 حتى نهاية مارس 2016. وأظهرت النتائج حدوث ثمانية أنواع من جنس Gyrodactylus Nordmann 1832 (Monogenea: Gyrodactylidae). ومن بين هذه الطفيليات، وسجلت أربعة أنواع لأول مرة في العراق وهي: G. comephori ، G . ibragimovi ، G . macronychus و G . MASU. أيضا ، تم اعتبار سبعة أنواع من الأسماك كمضيفين جدد لأربعة أنواع من الطفيليات المدروسة. أعطيت وصف وقياسات هذه الطفيليات وكذلك الرسوم التوضيحية الخاصة بهم.
Sampling of Planiliza abu specimens were done from July 2015 until the end of March 2016, a total of 118 specimens were collected weekly from Tigris River near Al-Graiat region in Baghdad province. The examination of gills of these fishes showed the occurrence of six myxosporean species which were documented for the first time in Iraq. These included: Myxobilatus baicalensis (Dogiel, 1957), Myxobolus bizerti Bahri & Marques, 1996, M. branchialis (Markevich, 1932), M. chuatsi (Dogiel &Akhmerov in Akhmerov, 1960), M. dermatobius (Ishii, 1916) and M. niei Shul'man, 1962. The description and measurements of these parasites were given as well as their illustrations.
The Ciliophoran Trichodina magna Van As and Basson, 1989 is recorded for the first time in in Iraq from gills of the blue tilapia Oreochromis aureus (Steindachner, 1864) Iraq from Al-Graiat location on the Tigris River at Baghdad city. The description and measurements of this external parasite as well as its illustrations are given.
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