First Record of Apiosoma doliaris (Timofeev, 1962) Lom, 1966 (Ciliophora: Epistylidae) from Two Species of Fishes in Basrah Province, Iraq

Abstract

The ciliophoran parasite Apiosoma doliaris (Timofeev, 1962) Lom, 1966 was detected from the gills of fry of both grass carp Ctenopharyngodon idella and common carp Cyprinus carpio during May 2018 at the ponds of Marine Science Centre Fish Hatchery, University of Basrah.. In the present study a brief description of A. doliaris was given. The occurrence of this species represents its first record in Iraq.

Checklists of nematodes of freshwater and marine fishes of Basrah Province, Iraq

“…Report on fish nematodes from the marshy area of Basrah province were achieved in Al-Hammar marsh, north of Basrah (Al-Daraji, 1986;Dawood, 1986;Mohamad, 1989;Al-Salim and Mohamad, 1995;Abbas, 2007) as well as from Al-Mdaina (reported as Al-Mdina) marshes (Jori, 2005). Some reports on fish nematodes were done on Shatt Al-Arab River (Al-Hadithi and Jawad, 1975;Al-Hadithi and Habish, 1977;Habish, 1977;Al-Hadithi and Habash, 1979;Anwar and Ismail, 1979;Al-Hadithi et al, 1980;Ali, 2001) and its creeks and canals which included those from Mehaijeran Creek, south of Basrah city (Khamees, 1983;Mhaisen et al, 1986;Khamees and Mhaisen, 1988;Mhaisen et al, 1988), Al-Majidiah River (Mehdi, 1989), Garmat Ali River, north of Basrah city (Jori, 1998;Al-Niaeem, 1999;Al-Niaeem and Al-Azizz, 2002;Kadhim, 2009;Al-Janae'e, 2010), Al-Salihiya canal (Al-Janae'e, 2010) and Al-Tannuma canal (Al-Janae'e, 2010).…”

“…The references which refered to the fishes with synonymised name are marked here with an asterisk. The infected fishes included Aphanius dispar (Kadhim, 2009), Arabibarbus grypus which was reported as Barbus grypus (Al-Hadithi and Habish, 1977;Habish, 1977), B. luteus, which is a synonym of C. luteus (Al-Hadithi and Habish, 1977*;Habish, 1977*;Khamees, 1983;Al-Daraji, 1986;Mhaisen et al, 1986;Khamees and Mhaisen, 1988;Al-Niaeem, 1999*), Barbus sharpeyi, which is a synonym of M. sharpeyi (Al-Hadithi and Habish, 1977*;Habish, 1977*;Al-Daraji, 1986;Al-Niaeem and Al-Azizz, 2002*), Barbus xanthopterus, which is a synonym of Luciobarbus xanthopterus (Al-Hadithi and Habish, 1977*;Habish, 1977*), C. sellal, which is a synonym of A. sellal (Abdul-Rahman, 1999*), Carassius auratus (Al-Janae'e, 2010), C. idella (Abdul-Rahman, 1999), C. carpio (Dawood, 1986;, H. fossilis and its synonym Saccobranchus fossilis (Al-Hadithi and Habish, 1977*;Habish, 1977*;Mohamad, 1989;Al-Salim and Mohamad, 1995;, Johnius (Johnius) belangerii (Bannai, 2002), L. vorax which was reported as A. vorax (Al-Hadithi and Jawad, 1975;Al-Hadithi and Habish, 1977;Habish, 1977;Khamees, 1983;Al-Daraji, 1986;Mhaisen et al, 1986;, L. abu and its synonyms Mugil abu and M. hishni (Al-Hadithi and Jawad, 1975*;Al-Hadithi and Habish, 1977*;Habish, 1977*;Al-Hadithi and Habash, 1979;Anwar and Ismail, 1979*;…”