First Record of Piscicola geometra (Annelida, Hirudinea) on some Species of Cyprinidae from Euphrates-Tigris Basin in Turkey

Abstract

The present study was conducted to identify the parasitic infections of Piscicola geometra, on three different species of Cyprinidae in two reservoirs of the Euphrates-Tigris basin, Turkey. The investigation was carried out from May to November, 2013 for Dumlu creek and from September, 2014 to April, 2015 for Goynük stream. Fourteen parasites were recorded on seven of the 94 examined fish specimens. This study is to be the first record of P. geometra parasitizing on Capoeta capoeta, Alburnus mossulensis and Cyprinion macrostomum for freshwater fish parasite fauna.

Murat Nehri ve Kollarında (Doğu Anadolu Bölgesi, Türkiye) Yaşayan Musul İnci Balığı (Alburnus mossulensis)'nın Metazoan Parazitlerinin Mevsimsel Enfeksiyonu

“…The records of P. geometra, cosmopolite annelid parasite, were detected on different hosts such as C. carpio, C. umbla, C. trutta, R. rutilus B. rajanorum mystaceus, B. bjoerkna, E. lucius, T. tinca, A. brama, S. erythrophthalmus in Turkey (Saglam, 1992;Bielecki, 1997;Öztürk, 2002;Karatoy, 2006;Öktener et al, 2007;Akbeniz and Soylu, 2008;Arslan and Emiroğlu, 2011;Koyun, 2011). Also, Demirtaş and Altındağ (2011) detected P. geometra by investigating the seasonal prevalence of the helminth fauna of S. erythrophtalmus in Terkos Lake and Koyun et al (2015) had records of P. geometra on C. capoeta, A. mossulensis and C. macrostomum in Euphrates-Tigris basin, Dumlu creek (Erzurum) and Göynük stream (Bingöl) as well.…”

“…geometra is a non-host-specific annelid parasite and there are many P. geometra records reported in freshwater fishes in Turkey. The latest record of P. geometra was reported on C. capoeta, A. mossulensis and C. macrostomum (Koyun et al, 2015).…”

“…intestinalis was seen on some fishes in several localizations of inland waters in Turkey: Kelle (1978) on C. mossulensis in Devegeçidi Dam, Keskin and Erk'akan (1987) and Koyun (2006) P. geometra is a non-host-specific annelid parasite and there are many P. geometra records reported in freshwater fishes in Turkey. The latest record of P. geometra was reported on C. capoeta, A. mossulensis and C. macrostomum (Koyun et al, 2015).…”

The Impact of Leechiosis on Semi-Artificial Spawning Performance and Hematological Parameters of Silver Carp (Hypophthalmichthys Molitrix) Brooders and Common Carp (Cyprinus carpio) Fingerlings with A Reference to Its Stress Response and Treatment

“…Leechiosis may affect fish health through tissue damage, inflammatory reactions, hemorrhages, anemia, ulcerations and osmoregulatory failures (Burreson, 2006;Koyun et al, 2015). Also, leechiosis may cause mortalities in fish hatcheries (Woo, 2006) resulted in economic losses.…”

“…Leechiosis has a worldwide distribution and it is the most important parasitic fish disease in the phylum Annelida (Woo, 2006). Leechiosis can potentially affect fish health through blood losing, hemorrhage, ulceration, inflammation, tissue damage, osmoregulatory failure and transmission of pathogenic blood parasites, some bacterial and viral diseases (Burreson, 2006;Koyun et al, 2015;Woo, 2006). Also, it causes mortality in fish hatcheries (Woo, 2006) because of large amounts of blood loss or sec-ondary effects of multiple feeding wounds.…”