Digenean and cestode parasites of teleost fish from the Eastern Black Sea Region

Authors

YAHYA TEPE
MEHMET CEMAL OĞUZ
RICHARD ANDERSON HECKMANN

DOI

10.3906/zoo-1205-5

Abstract

A total of 625 fish belonging to 25 fish species were collected from the coastal areas of the Eastern Black Sea Region of Turkey and were examined for fish parasites. The number of specimens of fish parasites collected included 242 digeneans (23 Anisocoelium capitellatum, 12 Anisocladium gracile, 50 Anisocladium fallax, 1 Stephanostomum minutum, 131 Helicometra fasciata, and 25 Lecithochirium musculus) and 517 cestodes (437 Grillotia erinaceus, 79 Progrillotia dasyatidis, and 1 Scolex pleuronectis). New published records for parasite fauna of Turkey included G. erinaceus, A. gracile, S. minutum, and L. musculus, while A. capitellatum, A. fallax, H. fasciata, P. dasyatidis, and S. pleuronectis were recorded for the first time along the Black Sea coast of Turkey. Infection rates, hosts, and the exact locations in the hosts are listed for each parasite.

Keywords

Turkey, Black Sea, teleost, Digenea, Cestoda

First Page

209

Last Page

215

Recommended Citation

TEPE, YAHYA; OĞUZ, MEHMET CEMAL; and HECKMANN, RICHARD ANDERSON (2014) "Digenean and cestode parasites of teleost fish from the Eastern Black Sea Region," Turkish Journal of Zoology: Vol. 38: No. 2, Article 10. https://doi.org/10.3906/zoo-1205-5
Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/zoology/vol38/iss2/10