Title of article :
Record of two Anuretes species (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida) from fishes of the Arab Gulf, off Iraq
Author/Authors :
khamees, najim r. university of basrah - college of agriculture - department of fisheries and marine resources, Basrah, Iraq , adday, thamir k university of basrah - college of agriculture - department of fisheries and marine resources, basrah, Iraq
Abstract :
Two species of the genus Anuretes: Anuretes anomalus Pillai, 1967 and A. branchialis Rangnekar, 1953 were recorded from gills of Diagramma pictum (Thunberg, 1792) and Platax teira (Forsskål, 1775), respectively. Fishes were caught off coast of Iraq during the period from January 2011 till April 2012. Illustrated descriptions of both parasites have been given. The prevalence and mean intensity of infection were 58.3% and 7.3, for A. anomalus and 24.6% and 4.2, for A. branchialis.
Keywords :
Fish , Diagramma , Platax , Parasites , Caligidae , Anuretes.
Journal title :
Basrah Journal Of Agricultural Sciences
Journal title :
Basrah Journal Of Agricultural Sciences
