Objective:To provide informations on the diversity of Monogenea parasitizing belonid fishes from the Mediterranean Sea.Monogenean species Aspinatrium gallieni Euzet and Ktari,1971(A.gallieni)and Axine belones Abildgaa...Objective:To provide informations on the diversity of Monogenea parasitizing belonid fishes from the Mediterranean Sea.Monogenean species Aspinatrium gallieni Euzet and Ktari,1971(A.gallieni)and Axine belones Abildgaard,1794(A.belones)from belonids Tylosurus acus imperialis Rafinesque,1810(T.a.imperialis)and Belone belone Lowe,1839(B.belone)off Tunisian coast were redescribed.Methods:During the sampling period between 2004 and 2009,a total of 624 belonid fish belonging to three species,453 B.belone,45 Belone svetovidovi Collette and Parin,1970 and 126 T.a.imperialis were investigated for monogenean parasites.Results:Five Polyopisthocotylean monogenean parasites species were founded infected belonid fishes from Tunisian coast.These are,Nudaciraxine imperium Châari,Derbel and Neifar,2010,A.belones,Axine sp.,Axinoides sp.(Axinidae)and A.gallieni(Micrcotylidae).Among them,the most prevalent species A.gallieni from the inner gill cover and gill filaments of T.a.imperialis and A.belones from the gills of B.belone were redescribed.A.gallieni represented new host record for T.a.imperialis.A complete list of monogenean parasites found in belonid fishes from our study and those reported from the Mediterranean Sea was presented.Conclusions:This paper enhances the current knowledge of Monogenea infecting belonids off the Mediterranean Sea.It’s the first study on monogenean parasites of the overall belonid fishes off Tunisia.展开更多
The monogeneans parasitizing skin,fins,gills of fishes and are pathogenic to cultivated fish and a few have caused epizootic events.This paper presents a catalogue of known species of the class monogenea from the fres...The monogeneans parasitizing skin,fins,gills of fishes and are pathogenic to cultivated fish and a few have caused epizootic events.This paper presents a catalogue of known species of the class monogenea from the freshwater fishes of five major river systems of India.Data is gathered from all the published records of monogenean species from India and also from NCBI database for molecular studies,including the fish data gathered from Fishbase.Approximately 50 families of freshwater fishes have been reported from five Indian major river systems,having 159 nominal genera.As far as freshwater monogeneans are concerned about,14 families having 44 genera and 208 species have been reported.In all,the present study takes a broad look at monogenean diversity in the freshwater fishes of India.The available information indicates the rich diversity of these parasites in India for that an integrated approach is necessary which should start with morphological characterization followed by molecular characterization of monogenean parasites in all river system of India.So that subsequent comparison of monogenean fauna present in different river systems of India can be made.展开更多
文摘Objective:To provide informations on the diversity of Monogenea parasitizing belonid fishes from the Mediterranean Sea.Monogenean species Aspinatrium gallieni Euzet and Ktari,1971(A.gallieni)and Axine belones Abildgaard,1794(A.belones)from belonids Tylosurus acus imperialis Rafinesque,1810(T.a.imperialis)and Belone belone Lowe,1839(B.belone)off Tunisian coast were redescribed.Methods:During the sampling period between 2004 and 2009,a total of 624 belonid fish belonging to three species,453 B.belone,45 Belone svetovidovi Collette and Parin,1970 and 126 T.a.imperialis were investigated for monogenean parasites.Results:Five Polyopisthocotylean monogenean parasites species were founded infected belonid fishes from Tunisian coast.These are,Nudaciraxine imperium Châari,Derbel and Neifar,2010,A.belones,Axine sp.,Axinoides sp.(Axinidae)and A.gallieni(Micrcotylidae).Among them,the most prevalent species A.gallieni from the inner gill cover and gill filaments of T.a.imperialis and A.belones from the gills of B.belone were redescribed.A.gallieni represented new host record for T.a.imperialis.A complete list of monogenean parasites found in belonid fishes from our study and those reported from the Mediterranean Sea was presented.Conclusions:This paper enhances the current knowledge of Monogenea infecting belonids off the Mediterranean Sea.It’s the first study on monogenean parasites of the overall belonid fishes off Tunisia.
基金supported by grants from the UGC(University Grants Commission),India,under the Post Doctoral Fellowship to AC[No.F.15-191/12(SAII)]the Junior Research Fellowship(RGF)to CV[No.F.14-2(SC)/2010(SA-III)]the Uttar Pradesh Government,Centre of Excellence,India,to HSS,wide project number[No.1486/70-4-2011-46(43)/2010].
文摘The monogeneans parasitizing skin,fins,gills of fishes and are pathogenic to cultivated fish and a few have caused epizootic events.This paper presents a catalogue of known species of the class monogenea from the freshwater fishes of five major river systems of India.Data is gathered from all the published records of monogenean species from India and also from NCBI database for molecular studies,including the fish data gathered from Fishbase.Approximately 50 families of freshwater fishes have been reported from five Indian major river systems,having 159 nominal genera.As far as freshwater monogeneans are concerned about,14 families having 44 genera and 208 species have been reported.In all,the present study takes a broad look at monogenean diversity in the freshwater fishes of India.The available information indicates the rich diversity of these parasites in India for that an integrated approach is necessary which should start with morphological characterization followed by molecular characterization of monogenean parasites in all river system of India.So that subsequent comparison of monogenean fauna present in different river systems of India can be made.
