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Seasonal patterns in the community of gill monogeneans on wild versus cultured orange‐spotted grouper, E pinephelus coioides H amilton, 1822 in D aya B ay, S outh C hina S ea
Author(s) -
Yufa Luo,
Tingbao Yang
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
aquaculture research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.646
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1365-2109
pISSN - 1355-557X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2109.2011.02927.x
Subject(s) - epinephelus , biology , grouper , serranidae , fishery , perciformes , gill , bay , monogenea , zoology , ecology , fish <actinopterygii> , oceanography , geology
E pinephelus is among the most important fish genera in the S outheast A sian P acific coastal systems. In C hinese coast, the orange‐spotted grouper E pinephelus coioides is one of the most significant species based on culture volume, and it is consumed all over the world. Very little information exists on this species’ parasitofauna. Composition and temporal variation in the community structure of the gill monogeneans on wild versus cultured E . coioides from D aya B ay (23°25′N, 117°2′E), S outh C hina S ea were determined using seasonal samples taken between A pril 2008 and J anuary 2009. Eight species of monogeneans of three families and four genera on the gills of E . coioides were found: N eobenedenia melleni , H aliotrema cromileptis , D iplectanum grouperi , P seudorhabdosynochus justinei , P . lantauensis , P . coioidesis , P . serrani and P . shenzhenensis . Eight of the monogenean species exhibited seasonal variation in their infection dynamics associated with environmental changes during seasons. The variations in the infection dynamics generated changes in the community structure during the sampling periods. Moreover, in the three different host living environments (wild, monocultured and polycultured), the monogenean communities exhibited the different seasonal patterns.