Community ecology of the metazoan parasites of white croaker, Micropogonias furnieri (Osteichthyes: Sciaenidae), from the coastal zone of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Alves, Dimitri Ramos; Luque, José L.

doi:10.1590/s0074-02762001000200002

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“…The values of infracommunity parameters are within the ranges reported for metazoan parasite communities of other species of marine fish from tropical and subtropical regions. The predominance of digeneans in the parasite spectrum noted here was also seen in many other marine fish species (Thoney, 1993;Campos and Carbonell, 1994;Biju Kumar, 1996;Lile, 1998;Zander et al 1999;Madhavi and Sairam, 2000;Silva et al 2000;Alves and Luque, 2001;Alves et al 2003). L. angustiovum was found to be the most dominant species in the parasite assemblage of R. kanagurta.…”

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“…L. angustiovum was found to be the most dominant species in the parasite assemblage of R. kanagurta. Such domination by a single species of digenean has also been reported in the parasite communities of many other species of marine fish (Alves et al 2003).…”

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“…The present investigation is the only study dealing with metazoan parasite communities of R. kanagurta. However, information is available on parasite communities of other species of scombroid fish (Abdallah et al 2002;Alves et al 2003;Alves and Luque, 2006). An investigation comparable to the present one was undertaken by Alves et al (2003) on Scomber japonicus from Rio de Janeiro.…”

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“…However, information is available on parasite communities of other species of scombroid fish (Abdallah et al 2002;Alves et al 2003;Alves and Luque, 2006). An investigation comparable to the present one was undertaken by Alves et al (2003) on Scomber japonicus from Rio de Janeiro. However, in S. japonicus the values of species richness (4.8) and mean abundance (70.6) were slightly higher compared to those in R. kanagurta.…”

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“…These differences may have been caused by differences in the ecological characteristics of the habitat and also the food preferences of the two species of hosts. Alves et al (2003) compared their results with those reported by earlier workers for S. japonicus from different regions, such as Rio de Janeiro (Rego and Santos, 1983), Brazil (Rohde et al 1995), Argentina (Cremonte and Sardella, 1997) and suggested that differences that occurred between different geographical areas could serve as indicators of possible latitudinal gradient of parasitization in marine fishes from South American and Atlantic regions, in accordance with the hypothesis of a higher biodiversity in the regions nearer to equatorial line (Rohde, 1999). On the other hand, Cremonte and Sardella (1997) stated that qualitative differences between the component communities of S. japonicus from Brazil and Argentina might be explained by the presence of different population stocks in both regions.…”

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Community ecology of the metazoan parasites of the Indian mackerel Rastrelliger kanagurta (Scombridae) from the coast of Visakhapatnam, Bay of Bengal

Madhavi

Lakshmi

2012

J Parasit Dis

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One hundred and eighty four specimens of the mackerel Rastrelliger kanagurta collected from fish landings at Visakhapatnam coast, Bay of Bengal, between January 2006 and 2007, were examined for analysis of their metazoan parasite community structure at infra and component community levels and study the effects of season and host body length on these communities. Fifteen species of metazoan parasites were collected including 3 spp. Monogenea, 7 spp. Digenea and 5 spp. Copepoda. All the fish were parasitized by one or more metazoan parasite species. A total of 2,004 parasites were collected with a mean of 10.9. The majority were digeneans accounting for 42.4% of total number of parasites collected and the hemiurid Lecithocladium angustiovum is found to be the most dominant species. Mean values of species richness (3.0 ± 1.5), abundance (12.4 ± 9.3) and diversity (H 0 = 0.92) were within ranges observed for most of the metazoan parasite communities of marine fish from temperate and tropical countries. Seasonally, the mean diversity and parasite species richness of infracommunities were high during December and January and low during September-October. No correlation was found between host total length and any of the community descriptors. Most of the parasites i.e., 12 out of 15 species of parasites collected were host specialists. Only one species Aponurus laguncula was a host generalist. All taxa of metazoan parasites showed a typical over-dispersed pattern of distribution. The dominance of the core species in all the infracommunities and the high degree of host specialization of the parasite species resulted in the predictable component in the infracommunities to be high, each infra community comprising a core species accompanied by a few secondary species.

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confidence: 99%

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confidence: 99%

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confidence: 99%

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Community ecology of the metazoan parasites of the Indian mackerel Rastrelliger kanagurta (Scombridae) from the coast of Visakhapatnam, Bay of Bengal

Madhavi

Lakshmi

2012

J Parasit Dis

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Parasite assemblages of whitemouth croaker, Micropogonias furnieri: comparison between marine and brackish waters from the Argentine Sea

Alarcos

Braicovich

2022

Parasitol Res

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The whitemouth croaker, Micropogonias furnieri, a coastal demersal fish with wide distribution in the Southwest Atlantic Ocean, is a euryhaline species, inhabiting waters with a wide range in salinity. Here, the composition of parasite assemblages of M. furnieri caught along the coastal area off Mar del Plata, Argentina, was described and the infracommunity structure compared with fish from brackish waters to determine variations of its parasite communities due to fish migration between these environments. The relationships between the presence of parasites and the diet and ecological traits of this fish host were discussed. A total of 61 fish from Mar del Plata (MDP) were examined for parasites and compared with previously published data for whitemouth croakers from Mar Chiquita coastal lagoon (MCH), an estuarine system connected to the sea. Corynosoma australe, Dichelyne sciaenidicola, and Neopterinotrematoides avaginata were the most prevalent and abundant species in MDP. Comparisons of infracommunity descriptors showed that fish from MDP harbored a higher number of parasites, as well as richer and more diverse infracommunities than those of MCH. Significant differences occurred in the structure and composition of parasite assemblages of whitemouth croaker from MDP compared to those from MCH, in which Neomacrovalvitrema argentinensis, N. avaginata, Neobrachiella chevreuxii, D. sciaenidicola, and C. australe were the key discriminating species related to these differences. The present study provides comparative data, of great importance for the understanding of parasite-host-environment interactions, particularly in a host that alternates between brackish and marine waters during its life cycle.

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A new species of Leposphilus Hesse, 1866 (Copepoda: Philichthyidae) parasitic in the interorbital canals of the whitemouth croaker Micropogonias furnieri (Desmarest) (Sciaenidae) off Brazil with an amended diagnosis of the genus

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A new species of the monotypic genus Leposphilus Hesse, 1866 (Cyclopoida: Philichthyidae), Leposphilus vogti n. sp., is described based on adult female and male specimens from the interorbital canals of Micropogonias furnieri (Desmarest) (Sciaenidae) in Sepetiba Bay, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The new species differs from its only congener, L. labrei Hesse, 1866, by the following combination of characters in the adult female: a globular cephalosome, a two-segmented maxilla, and fourth abdominal somite fused to caudal ramus; and in the adult male: presence of maxilliped, leg 3 with five setae, and caudal rami tipped with six setae. In addition, an amendment of diagnosis of Leposphilus is provided based on the characters of the new species. Previous records of philichthyid copepods from actinopterygians in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans off the American continent are also given.

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Community ecology of the metazoan parasites of white croaker, Micropogonias furnieri (Osteichthyes: Sciaenidae), from the coastal zone of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Cited by 47 publications

References 21 publications

Community ecology of the metazoan parasites of the Indian mackerel Rastrelliger kanagurta (Scombridae) from the coast of Visakhapatnam, Bay of Bengal

Community ecology of the metazoan parasites of the Indian mackerel Rastrelliger kanagurta (Scombridae) from the coast of Visakhapatnam, Bay of Bengal

Parasite assemblages of whitemouth croaker, Micropogonias furnieri: comparison between marine and brackish waters from the Argentine Sea

A new species of Leposphilus Hesse, 1866 (Copepoda: Philichthyidae) parasitic in the interorbital canals of the whitemouth croaker Micropogonias furnieri (Desmarest) (Sciaenidae) off Brazil with an amended diagnosis of the genus

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