Trypanorhynch Cestodes of Commercial Fishes from Northeast Brazilian Coastal Waters

Gill metazoan parasites of the spotted goatfish Pseudupeneus maculatus (Ostheichthyes: Mullidae) from the Coast of Pernambuco, northeastern Brazil

“…Analyzing Trypanorhyncha from commercial fish of the Brazilian Coast, Palm (1997) observed Pseudolacistorhynchus noodti Palm, 1995, Mixonybelinia edwinlintoni (Dollfus, 1960 (=Nybelinia edwinlintoni), Pseudotobothrium dipsacum (Linton, 1897), N. indica e Nybelinia c.f. lingualis Cuvier, 1817 parasitizing the visceral cavity, mesentery and/or stomach wall of spotted goatfish in Pernambuco, Brazil.…”

“…Taxonomic identification of copepods was based in adult specimens and processed following the Humes and Gooding (1964) method for identification (Vervoort, 1969;Ho and Lin, 2005;Morales-Serna and Gómez, 2010). Cestodes were stained with Langeron's alcoholic chlorhydric carmine, dehydrated and clarified in Beechwood creosote, mounted in Canada balsam (Eiras et al, 2006) and identified according to Palm (1995Palm ( , 1997 and Palm and Walter (2000), Campbell and Beveridge (1994) and Chandra (1986). Parasitological indexes prevalence, mean intensity and mean abundance of parasites were calculated following Bush et al (1997).…”

“…Nonetheless, studies on the parasitic fauna associated with the spotted goatfish in Brazil are still scarce. Palm (1997) registered five species of Trypanorhyncha cestodes and Lima et al (2008) reported the occurrence of nematode eggs of Capillaria sp., from fish captured in the State of Pernambuco, Brazil.…”

Parasites of the Mutton Snapper Lutjanus analis (Perciformes: Lutjanidae) in Alagoas, Brazil

“…A trypanorhynch larval specimen had previously been detected by Palm (1997) in a mutton snapper from Brazil. The occurrences of trypanorhynch plerocercoids seem to indicate that the mutton snapper serves as an intermediate host for these cestodes, for which elasmobranchs are their definitive hosts.…”

“…Palm (1997) detected a single specimen of Grillotia sp. (Cestoda: Trypanorhyncha) from the body cavity of a mutton snapper, but specific identification was not possible.…”