First report of Linguadactyloides brinkmanni (Monogenoidea: Linguadactyloidinae) on hybrids of Colossoma macropomum x Piaractus mesopotamicus (Characidae) from South America

Authors

  • Márcia Kelly Reis Dias Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biodiversidade Tropical (PPGBio), Universidade Federal do Amapá (UNIFAP), Macapá, AP, Brazil.
  • Marcos Tavares-Dias Embrapa Amapá
  • Natalia Marchiori Laboratório de Sanidade de Organismos Aquáticos, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC), Florianópolis, SC, Brazil

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14210/bjast.v16n2.p61-64

Abstract

This study presents the first report of infection by Linguadactyloides brinkmanni Thatcher & Krytsky, 1983 (Monogenoidea, Dactylogyridae, Linguadactyloidinae) on the gills of the hybrid tambatinga (Colossoma macropomum x Piaractus brachypomus) from fish farms from the city of Macapá, state of Amapá, eastern Amazonia, Brazil. Out of 201 hybrid tambatinga examined, ten had their gills infested by L. brinkmanni (prevalence= 4.9%). From these hosts, 21 specimens of L. brinkmanni were collected and the mean intensity of infestation was 2.1 (1-4 parasites). This study expands the distribution of this monogenoidean for a new host.

Author Biographies

Marcos Tavares-Dias, Embrapa Amapá

Biólogo, com Mestrado e Doutorado em Aquicultura. Áreas de Atuação: Hematologia, Sanidade e Parasitologia de Peixes e Aquicultura

Natalia Marchiori, Laboratório de Sanidade de Organismos Aquáticos, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC), Florianópolis, SC, Brazil

Doutoranda do Programa de Aquicultura da UFSC

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Published

2012-12-22

Issue

Vol. 16 No. 2 (2012)

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