Discrimination of Red Mullet Populations (Teleostean, Mullidae) Off the Sicilian Coasts (Mediterranean Sea) on the Basis of Metazoan Parasites

Bottari, Teresa; Gaglio, Gabriella; Mobilia, Valeria; Garofalo, Germana; Iaria, Carmelo; Fiorentino, Fabio

doi:10.1007/s41208-020-00211-1

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“…In the present study, both species of mullet have a high infestation with a significant difference between their prevalences. According to our results, O. furcatus is the most frequent and abundant species in both host fishes, which is similar to many works in the Mediterranean Sea; according toDerbel et al (2012),Martinez-Vicaria et al (2000),Bottari et al (2020), several authors have reported the presence of the latter in different points of the Mediterranean, on the other hand, the latter is followed by P. furcatum, these results are in agreement with those obtained byMartinez-Vicaria et al. (2000) in Spain.…”

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“…,Martinez-Vicaria et al (2000),Derbel et al (2012),Anter et al (2018) andBottari et al (2020) In the Mediterranean M. barbatus harbors a very limited number of parasites unlike the first species, our results are different from the works ofJaniszewska (1953), Martinez-Vicaria et al (2000,Derbel et al (2012) andBottari et al (2020) and therefore we report the presence of D. latus for the first time in Algeria in M. barbatus, as well as L. excisum. In the present study, both species of mullet have a high infestation with a significant difference between their prevalences.…”

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“…These species are gregarious, but they do not share the same biotopes (Lombarte et al, 2000) nor the same trophic niches (Labropoulou & Eleftheriou, 1997) because M. barbatus is a demersal species, generally frequenting the mud, sand or gravel bottoms of the continental shelf, whereas M. surmuletus is a demersal species on the rock and gravel bottoms, but sometimes also on the soft bottoms (Fischer et al, 1987). Many researchers have been interested in the study of the parasitic biodiversity of the genus Mullus because it has a rich parasitic fauna, especially the parasitic Digenea (Gaglio et al, 2011;Carreras-Aubets et al, 2012;Derbel et al, 2012;Hassani et al, 2012;Debenedetti et al, 2013;Bottari et al, 2014;Cinar, 2014;Hassani et al, 2015;Barreiro et al, 2017;Antar et al, 2018;Bottari et al, 2020).Despite all this work, few researchers are interested in epidemiological study using parasitological indices with statistical tests in the Mediterranean area. This work aims to know the biodiversity of the Digenea parasites of these fishes collected along the Algerian coast and consequently the realization of a complete inventory.…”

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Diversity of digeneans parasitizing Mullus barbatus and Mullus surmuletus (Teleostean, Mullidae) off the coast of Algerian

Gharbi,

Zenia,

Tazerouti

2023

Helminthologia

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Summary Mullus barbatus and Mullus surmuletus (Perciformes, Mullidae) are a common marine teleost of great commercial importance in many coastal areas. We studied the communities of Digenea species in two congeneric Mullidae hosts collected on the Algerian coast in the southern Mediterranean. Five hundred and seven M. barbatus and one hundred and twenty-three M. surmuletus were examined. During this work, we collected six species of parasitic Digenea which are related to five different families: Hemiuridae represented by Lecithocladium excisum, Fellodistomidae by Proctoeces maculatus and which is reported only from M. surmuletus, Derogenidae by Derogenes latus, Monorchiidae by Proctotrema bacilliovatum and finally Opecoelidae represented by two species Opecoeloides furcatus and Poracanthium furcatum. A critical systematic study revealed an apparent overlap in morphometric data of the six Digenean species from two host fishes. Therefore, the two mullet species are likely to share the same parasite community, and the stenoxenic specificity of Digenean parasites is briefly argued. Prevalence values showed that in the midst of six hundred and thirty Mullidae, one hundred and ninety-six are parasitized (31.11 %). Statistical tests showed that the most parasitized fish hosts are M. surmuletus with a high prevalence value (47.15 %), and on the other hand, they proved that small fish are more parasitized than others. Also, the lack of homogeneity between the different parasites is reported. We also note that the use of factorial correspondence analysis (FCA) allowed us, for the first time to highlight the distribution of the parasite species identified in the two mullets according to the seasons.

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Diversity of digeneans parasitizing Mullus barbatus and Mullus surmuletus (Teleostean, Mullidae) off the coast of Algerian

Gharbi,

Zenia,

Tazerouti

2023

Helminthologia

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“…Trematode metacercariae are recorded continuously in many coastal fish species native to the Mediterranean Sea; several authors reported the presence of Stephanostomum spp. infecting various organs and tissues of red mullet (Mullus surmuletus, Linnaeus, 1758) caught in the central Mediterranean Sea (Bottari et al, 2020) and of other teleost species from the Western Mediterranean Sea (Bartoli and Bray, 2001). Among them, Stephanostomum kovalevae in monkfish (Lophius vomerinus, Valenciennes, 1837) intestine, Stephanostomum murielae in bumpnose trevally (Carangoides hedlandensis, Whitley, 1934) digestive tract, and Stephanostomum sp.…”

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First report of Stephanostomum cesticillus (Molin, 1858) Looss, 1899 in Merluccius merluccius (Linnaeus, 1758) from the Tyrrhenian Sea (Southern Italy)

De Benedetto,

Gervasi,

Riolo

et al. 2023

Front. Mar. Sci.

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The genus Stephanostomum consists of digenean trematodes found in many marine teleosts. In this study, Stephanostomum cesticillus (Molin, 1858) Looss, 1899 metacercariae were identified in European hake (Merluccius merluccius, Linnaeus, 1758) caught in the Tyrrhenian Sea. The metacercariae were found encapsulated in the muscle, close to the spine and gills. Out of 131 specimens, 111 (P = 84.7%, mI = 25.1 mA = 21.3) were infected by digenean trematode metacercariae. Morphological and histological evaluations were carried out. The members of this genus are characterised by a double crown of spines close to the oral sucker. For identification of the parasite, molecular analysis was performed via 28S and 18S ribosomal DNA (rDNA) genes. Partial rDNA sequences of Stephanostomum highly matched to S. cesticillus for the percentage of similar identity from the nucleotide database of BLAST. The present survey reports the presence of S. cesticillus metacercariae in M. merluccius for the first time. Our results improve current knowledge on hake parasites to better understand the distribution of S. cesticillus in M. merluccius caught in the Mediterranean Sea and shed light on the life cycle of the parasite adding other possible hosts.

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Spatial and Temporal Variability of Parasite Communities: Implications for Fish Stock Identification

Espínola‐Novelo

Oliva

2021

Fishes

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The spatial and temporal variability of parasite communities have received little attention when used as biological tags for identifying fish stocks. This study evaluated the potential spatial and temporal variability of the parasite communities affecting three marine fish species collected between 1993 and 2017. To avoid the potential effect of host age in parasite communities, individuals of similar ages were selected: 1123 Engraulis ringens (12–24 months old), 1904 Trachurus murphyi (24–36 months old), and 630 Merluccius gayi (36–48 months old). Most taxa show differences in the prevalence at the spatial and temporal scales, but the prevalence of some larval endoparasites remains constant at the temporal scale. At the spatial scale, an analysis of similarity (ANOSIM) showed differences in the parasite communities of three species; a canonical analysis of principal coordinates (CAP) showed low values of correct allocations (CA; ≈50%) and values of allocation due to chance (AdC) were lower than the CA. At the temporal scale, an ANOSIM showed differences between the three species. A CAP showed low values of CA (≈50–60%) and the AdC was always lower than CA. Samples at the spatial scale were well allocated to their localities or nearby localities, suggesting a spatial stability. Samples from different years were not well discriminated, suggesting temporal variability. Therefore, in studies regarding parasites as a tool for stock identification, temporal variability must be taken into account.

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Discrimination of Red Mullet Populations (Teleostean, Mullidae) Off the Sicilian Coasts (Mediterranean Sea) on the Basis of Metazoan Parasites

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Diversity of digeneans parasitizing Mullus barbatus and Mullus surmuletus (Teleostean, Mullidae) off the coast of Algerian

Diversity of digeneans parasitizing Mullus barbatus and Mullus surmuletus (Teleostean, Mullidae) off the coast of Algerian

First report of Stephanostomum cesticillus (Molin, 1858) Looss, 1899 in Merluccius merluccius (Linnaeus, 1758) from the Tyrrhenian Sea (Southern Italy)

Spatial and Temporal Variability of Parasite Communities: Implications for Fish Stock Identification

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