Cestodes of Fishes from the Euphrates River at Al-Musaib City, Mid Iraq
Due to the importance of the cestodes in fish life and as no previous work was done on cestodes of fishes of Euphrates River at Al-Musaib city, mid Iraq, the present study was undertaken. A total of 472 fish specimens belonging to 24 species were inspected for parasites during the period from July 2006 till the end of June 2007. All fish specimens were externally examined for ectoparasites and then were dissected out to reveal any internal parasites in body cavity, musculature and internal organs. Seven cestode species were recorded from the intestine of six species of these fishes. These cestodes were Caryophyllaeus laticeps from Barbus barbulus, Monobothrium auriculatum from Luciobarbus xanthopterus, Bothriocephalus acheilognathi from both Carasobarbus luteus and L. xanthopterus, Senga magnum from Mastacembelus mastacembelus, Senga ophiocephalina from M. mastacembelus, Proteocephalus osculatus from Silurus triostegus and Neogryporhynchus cheilancristrotus from Mesopotamichthys sharpeyi. All these worms were adults except for N. cheilancristrotus which occurred as a larval stage. Both M. auriculatum and S. ophiocephalina are reported here for the first time in Iraq. Description and measurements of these newly recorded cestodes are given. In addition, four new host records in Iraq were reported for four species of these cestodes. Number of fish hosts reported for these cestodes fluctuated from one host in case of six cestode species to a maximum of two hosts in case of B. acheilognathi. Among the inspected fishes, number of cestode species fluctuated from a minimum of one cestode species in five fish species to a maximum of two cestode species in case of both L. xanthopterus and M. mastacembelus, while 18 fish species showed no any cestode infection.
Cestoda, Freshwater Fishes, Euphrates River, Al-Musaib City, Babylon Province, Iraq
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