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Morphometrics and levels of infections of digeneans in belonid fish species off the coast of Tunisia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 August 2015

M. Châari ,
H. Derbel  and
L. Neifar
M. Châari*
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Biodiversité et Ecosystèmes Aquatiques, Département des Sciences de la vie, Faculté des Sciences de Sfax, Université de Sfax, BP 1171, 3000 Sfax, Tunisie
H. Derbel
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Biodiversité et Ecosystèmes Aquatiques, Département des Sciences de la vie, Faculté des Sciences de Sfax, Université de Sfax, BP 1171, 3000 Sfax, Tunisie
L. Neifar
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Biodiversité et Ecosystèmes Aquatiques, Département des Sciences de la vie, Faculté des Sciences de Sfax, Université de Sfax, BP 1171, 3000 Sfax, Tunisie
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*Fax: 0021674276400 E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

Three species of belonid fish, Belone belone gracilis Lowe, 1839, Belone svetovidovi Collette & Parin, 1970 and Tylosurus acus imperialis (Rafinesque, 1810), caught off the eastern Tunisian coast were infected with eight species of Digenea. Among these, four species were commonly found in B. b. gracilis and are new host records for B. svetovidovi. They are: Lecithostaphylus retroflexus (Molin, 1859), Tergestia acanthocephala (Stossich, 1887) Stossich, 1899 and Aponurus laguncula Looss, 1907 in the intestine, and the metacercaria Condylocotyla pilodora Pearson and Prévot, 1985 in the pericardial sac. Four other digenean species were recorded from T. a. imperialis: Lecithostaphylus tylosuri Châari et al., 2013 and Tetrochetus coryphaenae Yamaguti, 1934 in the intestine, Oesophagotrema mediterranea Châari et al., 2011 in the oesophagus and vomer teeth, and Sclerodistomoides pacificus Kamegai, 1971 in the gall bladder. Tetrochetus coryphaenae and S. pacificus represent new host and geographical records. The spatial variation of digenean parasites within belonid host species is discussed.

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Journal of Helminthology , Volume 90 , Issue 5 , September 2016 , pp. 523 - 532
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