Checklists of Species of Ancylodiscoidid and Ancyrocephalid Monogeneans from Fishes of Iraq

Abstract

Surveying 59 references concerning the occurrence of the monogeneans of the families Ancylodiscoididae and Ancyrocephalidae parasitizing fishes of Iraq showed the occurrence of 11 taxa of the family Ancylodiscoididae (genera Ancylodiscoides, Bychowskyella, Chauhanellus, Hamatopeduncularia and Thaparocleidus) and 19 taxa of the family Ancyrocephalidae (genera Ancyrocephalus, Cichlidogyrus, Cleidodiscus, Haliotrema, Ligophorus and Mastacembelocleidus). These monogeneans were reported from 19 valid fish host species in Iraq. Apart from five parasite species which were recorded from marine habitats (Ancyrocephalus sp., Chauhanellus australis, Haliotrema mugilis, Hamatopeduncularia sp. and Ligophorus mugilinus), the remaining parasite species were recorded from freshwater habitats. Among the infected fishes with these parasites, the Tigris catfish Silurus triostegus was infected with the highest number of parasite species (11 species), the mugilid fishes (Planiliza abu and P. subviridis) were infected with eight and seven parasite species, respectively, while 11 fish species were infected with only one parasite species each. Among the parasite species, Thaparocleidus vistulensis was reported from nine fish host species, while 22 parasite species were reported from one host species each. So far, eight synonymous names were applied for seven valid names of parasites of these two families in Iraq.

Gyrodactylus sprostonae Ling, 1962 infects an indigenous cyprinid in southern Africa: An expanded description

“…This study presents the first record of G. sprostonae in the southern hemisphere and from a new, indigenous host, L. aeneus. The parasite was previously reported from indigenous and invasive hosts across the northern hemisphere (e.g., Abdullah 2013; Barzega et al 2018; Bykhovskaya-Pavlovskaya et al 1964; Daghigh Roohi et al 2019; Ling 1962; Mattheis & Glaser 1970; Mhaisen & Abdul-Ameer 2013; Ogawa & Egusa 1978; Pugachev et al 2009), mostly from its type hosts, C. carpio and C. auratus (e.g., Daghigh Roohi et al 2019; Ling, 1962; Mendoza-Garfias et al 2017; Ogawa & Egusa 1978). Cyprinus carpio has been reported as a host of several invasive monogenean parasites in the Vaal River system such as G. kherulensis, Dactylogyrus extensus Mueller & Cleave, 1932 and Dactylogyrus minutus Kulweic, 1927 (Crafford et al 2014b).…”

Checklist of Fish Hosts of Species of Lernaea Linnaeus, 1758 (Hexanauplia: Cyclopoida: Lernaeidae) in Iraq

“…This article is a continuation of some previous checklists on some groups of fish parasites of Iraq, such as those of acanthocephalan species , Gyrodactylus species (Mhaisen & Abdul-Ameer, 2013), diplozoid species (Mhaisen & Abdul-Ameer, 2014), Dactylogyrus species (Mhaisen & Abdul-Ameer, 2019a), ancylodiscoidid and ancyrocephalid species (Mhaisen & Abdul-Ameer, 2019b), Trichodina species (Mhaisen & Abdul-Ameer, 2020) and Myxobolus species (Mhaisen & Al-Jawda, 2020).…”

Checklists of Carp Parasites in Floating Cages of Iraq

“…The present article is designed to review the results of surveys on parasites of cage fishes of Iraq and provide parasite-host and hostparasite lists. This article represents a continuation to some recent checklists on some groups of fish parasites of Iraq, such as those on Dactylogyrus species (Mhaisen and Abdul-Ameer, 2019a), ancylodiscoidid and ancyrocephalid monogenetic species (Mhaisen and Abdul-Ameer, 2019b), Trichodina species (Mhaisen and Abdul-Ameer, 2020), Myxobolus species (Mhaisen and Al-Jawda, 2020), Lernaea species (Mhaisen and Abdul-Ameer, 2021a) and Contracaecum species (Mhaisen and Abdul-Ameer, 2021b).…”