A Note on Thaparocleidus caecus (Mizelle & Kritsky, 1969) (Monogenea: Dactylogyridae) Detected with Morphological and Molecular Tools in Pangasianodon hypophthalmus (Sauvage, 1878) Imported into Turkey

Authors : Gul SAHİN TANER, Emre KESKİN, Hijran YAVUZCAN YILDIZ

Pages : 119-122

Doi:10.26650/ASE20221036406

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Publication Date : 2022-01-25

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Thaparocleidus caecus insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Mizelle & Kritsky, 1969); Lim, 1996 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Dactylogyridae); was reported for the first time from iridescent shark-catfish insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Pangasianodon hypophthalmus, Sauvage, 1878); imported into Turkey via the aquarium fish trade. T. caecus were found on the gills of the examined fish with a prev-alence of 28%. Identification, based on morphological characteristics for T. caecus, was confirmed by rRNA sequencing, evidencing the transfer of T. caecus to different countries. Our results emphasize that the ornamental fish trade poses a range expansion of un-documented parasite spec
Keywords : Thaparocleidus caecus, Pangasianodon hypophthalmus, shark catfish, parasite trans fer, aquarium fish trade

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