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On Dactylogyridae (Monogenea) of four species of characid fishes from Brazil

Author(s) -

Simone Chinicz Cohen,

Anna Kohn

Publication year - 2009

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Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.276

H-Index - 22

ISSN - 1809-127X

DOI - 10.15560/5.2.351

Subject(s) - monogenea , piaractus mesopotamicus , tambaqui , biology , characiformes , fishery , takifugu rubripes , pacu , ecology , zoology , fish <actinopterygii> , gill

Material collected from the fishes from the dams and fish farms of the Departamento Nacional de Obras c ontra as Secas (DNOCS) and from the tanks of the Itaipu Hydroelectric Station was examined in order to analyze the index and the infestation of Monogenea. Specimens of tambaqui ( Colossoma macropomum ), pacu ( Piaractus mesopotamicus ), pirapitinga ( Piaractus brachypomus ) and the hybrid tambacu ( Colossoma macropomum X Piaractus mesopotamicus ) were examined and five species of Monogenea were identified including: Mymarothecium viatorum Boeger, Piasecki & Sobecka, 2002, Mymarothecium boegeri Cohen & Kohn, 2005, Notozothecium euzeti Kritsky, Boeger & Jegu, 1996, Notozothecium januachensis Belmont-Jegu, Domingues & Martins, 2004 and Anacanthorus penilabiatus Boeger, Husak & Martins, 1995 . Infection prevalence and intensity of infection and new data concerning Monogenea are presented. Key words: Monogenea, Parasites, Brazil, freshwater fishes.

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