Monostephanostomum mesospinosum (Digenea: Acanthocolpidae) Infecting the Coastal Trevally Carangoides caeruleopinnatus (Carangiformes: Carangidae) from the Marine Water off Saudi Arabia

Dkhil, Mohamed A.; Alotaibi, Mashael Alhumaidi; Quraishy, Saleh Al; Omar, Sawsan A.; El‐Khadragy, Manal F.; Aljawdah, Hossam M.A.; Al-Shaebi, Esam M.

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“…The parasite's mean intensity in each of the fish hosts does not exceed five. As a result, the recovered acanthocolpid species identified as Monostephanostomum mesospinosum (Madhavi, 1976) Bray and Cribb, 2002 regarding to the morphological criteria mentioned in our previous study of Abdel-Gaber et al (2023).…”

Section: Natural Prevalence Of Parasitic Infectionsmentioning

confidence: 76%

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Digenetic Parasite Diversity of the Coastal Trevally Fish, Carangoides caeruleopinnatus: Factors Influencing Parasitism

Alotaibi¹,

Al‐Quraishy²,

Al-Shaebi³

et al. 2023

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Background: Carangidae is a family of ray-finned fish within the order Carangiformes which are invaded by different parasite species and the rate of parasitism changed regarding different factors. This study aimed to provide information about the relationship between fish size and sex on the parasites that infect fish within the family Carangidae in Saudi Arabia. Methods: A total of 90 Carangoides caeruleopinnatus specimens were collected from the Red Sea. The size of the fish was taken in grams (for weights) and centimeters (for lengths), respectively, as well as fish sex was determined. Fish organs were examined for parasitic infection. Result: There is a relationship between the length, weight and sex of fish hosts on the incidence of parasitic infection in the examined fish. Larger fish size is heavily parasitized than smaller ones which provide a greater surface for infection. In addition, the mean weight of uninfected samples was considerably higher than infected which suggested a weight loss because of parasitic infection. Parasitism in fish has been reported to be sex-biased, with males suffering greater susceptibility than female fish. This study reflects the rate of parasitism in the coastal trevally, Carangoides caeruleopinnatus, concerning fish length as well as their sex.

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Section: Natural Prevalence Of Parasitic Infectionsmentioning

confidence: 76%

“…Parasites were removed using fine forceps and then preserved in 70% ethanol for morphological analysis. This study should be viewed as another analysis of the coastal trevally, Carangoides caeruleopinnatus and its digenea parasite by Abdel-Gaber et al (2023); Indian Journal of Animal Research, pp. 1-9).…”

Section: Parasitological Examinationmentioning

confidence: 99%