Occurrence of Monogenea in Italian freshwater fish (Po river basin)

Parassitologia. 2002 Dec;44(3-4):189-97.

Abstract

Sixteen Monogenean species were found on the skin and gills of 10 different fish species collected from north Italian water bodies. Cleidodiscus pricei from Ictalurus melas; Dactylogyrus alatus from Alburnus alburnus; D. anchoratus, D. formosus and D. vastator from Carassius carassius; D. difformis from Scardinius erythrophthalmus; D. rutili from Rutilus aula; D. tincae and Gyrodactylus gasterostei from Tinca tinca; D. ergensi from Leuciscus cephalus and Telestes muticellus; D. vistulae and Paradiplozoon rutili from Leuciscus cephalus; D. extensus and G. katharineri from Cyprinus carpio; G. lucii and Tetraonchus monenteron from Esox lucius. All species are new records for Italy with the exception of D. difformis, D. ergensi, D. vistulae and T. monenteron.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Fish Diseases / epidemiology
  • Fish Diseases / parasitology*
  • Fresh Water
  • Helminthiasis, Animal / epidemiology
  • Helminthiasis, Animal / parasitology*
  • Italy / epidemiology
  • Platyhelminths / anatomy & histology
  • Platyhelminths / isolation & purification*