Monogenean Infections on Some Fishes from Lesser Zab River, Kurdistan Region, Iraq

Shamall Mohammad Amin Abdullah; Maysoon Omar Nasraddin

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A total of 362 fishes, belonged to six species namely: Barbus kersin, Capoeta trutta, Carassobarbus luteus, Cyprinion macrostomum, Cyprinus carpio (Family Cyprinidae) and Liza abu (Family Mugilidae) were collected from Lesser Zab River, southeast of Koysinjaq City, east of Erbil Province, Kurdistan Region, Iraq, from April 2012 to the end of January 2013. The fishes were examined for monogenean parasites. The study revealed the existence of 14 monogenean species which included six species of Dactylogyrus (D. barburli, D. baueri, D. elegantis, D. extensus, D. formosus and D. vistulae), two species of Dogilius (D. mokhayeri and D. persicus) , three species of Gyrodactylus (G. elegans, G. khathrineri and G. sprostonae) , two species of Paradiplozoon (P. homoion and P. tadzhikistanicum) and one species of Microcotyle (M. donavini) . The record of G. khathrineri and P. tadzhikistanicum in the present study are considered as the first record in Iraq, and P. homoion and M. donavini in Kurdistan Region. Also, three species of fishes were regarded as new hosts in Iraq for nine species of the studied monogeneans.

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