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The lernanthropid copepod Lernanthropus corniger Yamaguti, 1954 was found attached to the gill filaments of two species of carangid fishes: Megalaspis cordyla and Carangoides malabaricus which were collected from northwest of the Arab Gulf. This represents the first record of L. corniger in the Iraqi territorial waters of the Arab Gulf. M. cordyla and C. malabaricus are new hosts for this parasite in the Arab Gulf.

Objective of Study: Assesement of the Knowledge of Doctors and nurses about Trichmonus vaginalis in pregnant woman. And A statistical study to find the difference in Assessment of the Knowledge in infection with this parasite. Methodology: This study consider descriptive study involved The main instrument that use in this study including questionnaire has been approved to see and reach the objectives of the study. The questionnaire consists of two parts; part one contain general a question about Tichmonus Vaginalis with demographic characteristics and part two consist of Nurses knowledge toward Tichmonus Vaginalis parasite. The current study including the (100) Doctor and (100) nurse distribution Between two hospital Bent Al-Huda and Al- Al-Rifai Hospital these sample involved (50) doctor and (50) nurse to each hospital ,during the period from 10/1/2021 to 20/4/2021 The questionnaire’s validity and reliability was calculated through a pilot Test. The data collection tool is well Structured interview questionnaire Ethical consideration permission was taken from the hospital administrator and consent from each nurse midwives. Data was processed using the SPSS edition (version 25.0.). (Frequency and percentage).