Open AccessFirst record of Gyrodactylus hrabei Ergens, 1957 (Monogenea: Gyrodactylidae) in Iraq from gills of mugilid fish Planiliza abu (Heckel, 1843)
Author(s) -
Kefah Naser Abdul-Ameer
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of physics. conference series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1742-6596
pISSN - 1742-6588
DOI - 10.1088/1742-6596/1879/2/022008
Subject(s) - monogenea , gyrodactylus , gill , fish <actinopterygii> , parasite hosting , fishery , biology , zoology , veterinary medicine , medicine , world wide web , computer science
The A total of 118 specimens of the mugilid fish Planiliza abu (Heckel, 1843) were collected weekly from Al-Graiat region at the Tigris river in Baghdad city, during the period from July 2015-March 2016. In this study, investigated of fish gills of Planiliza abu and was noticed of Monogenean Gyrodactylus hrabei , Ergens, 1957 and registered for the first time in Iraq. The description and measurements of this parasite as well as its illustrations were given.