Dergiler / AQUATIC SCIENCES and ENGINEERING / 2022 / Cilt: 37 - Sayı: 2

A Note on Thaparocleidus caecus (Mizelle & Kritsky, 1969) (Monogenea: Dactylogyridae) Detected with Morphological and Molecular Tools in Pangasianodon hypophthalmus (Sauvage, 1878) Imported into Turkiye

A Note on Thaparocleidus caecus (Mizelle & Kritsky, 1969) (Monogenea: Dactylogyridae) Detected with Morphological and Molecular Tools in Pangasianodon hypophthalmus (Sauvage, 1878) Imported into Turkiye

Gül ŞAHİN TANER, Emre KESKİN, Hijran YAVUZCAN YILDIZ

Sayfa
119–122
DOI
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Abstract

Thaparocleidus caecus (Mizelle & Kritsky, 1969) Lim, 1996 (Dactylogyridae) was reported for the first time from iridescent shark-catfish (Pangasianodon hypophthalmus, Sauvage, 1878) imported into Turkiye via the aquarium fish trade. T. caecus were found on the gills of the examined fish with a prev alence of 28%. Identification, based on morphological characteristics for T. caecus, was confirmed by rRNA sequencing, evidencing the transfer of T. caecus to different countries. Our results emphasize that the ornamental fish trade poses a range expansion of un-documented parasite species.