Nematode and acanthocephalan parasites of marine fish of the eastern Black Sea coasts of Turkey

Authors

YAHYA TEPE
MEHMET CEMAL OĞUZ

DOI

10.3906/zoo-1206-18

Abstract

A total of 625 fish belonging to 25 species were sampled from the coasts of Trabzon, Rize, and Artvin provinces and examined parasitologically. Two acanthocephalan species (Neoechinorhynchus agilis in Liza aurata; Acanthocephaloides irregularis in Scorpaena porcus) and 4 nematode species (Hysterothylacium aduncum in Merlangius merlangus euxinus, Trachurus mediterraneus, Engraulis encrasicholus, Belone belone, Caspialosa sp., Sciaena umbra, Scorpaena porcus, Liza aurata, Spicara smaris, Gobius niger, Sarda sarda, Uranoscopus scaber, and Mullus barbatus; Anisakis pegreffii in Trachurus mediterraneus; Philometra globiceps in Uranoscopus scaber and Trachurus mediterraneus; and Ascarophis sp. in Scorpaena porcus) were found in the intestines of their hosts. The infection rates, hosts, and morphometric measurements of the parasites are listed in this paper.

Keywords

Turkey, Black Sea, nematode, Acanthocephala, teleost

First Page

753

Last Page

760

Recommended Citation

TEPE, YAHYA and OĞUZ, MEHMET CEMAL (2013) "Nematode and acanthocephalan parasites of marine fish of the eastern Black Sea coasts of Turkey," Turkish Journal of Zoology: Vol. 37: No. 6, Article 13. https://doi.org/10.3906/zoo-1206-18
Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/zoology/vol37/iss6/13