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Relação entre fator de condição relativo (Kn) e abundância de ectoparasitos de brânquias, em duas espécies de ciclídeos da bacia do rio Paraná, Brasil

2008; Editora da Universidade Estadual de Maringá (Eduem); Volume: 30; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.4025/actascibiolsci.v30i2.3625

1807-863X

Fábio Hideki Yamada, Ricardo Massato Takemoto, Gilberto Cezar Pavanelli,

Parasites and Host Interactions

The study analyzed 33 specimens of Satanoperca pappaterra, captured from the upper Paraná river floodplain between March 2004 and June of 2005, and 33 specimens of Crenicichla niederleinii captured from the Itaipu Reservoir between November 2005 and November 2006. Both were parasitized by monogeneans pertaining to the genus Sciadicleithrum and by metacercariae of Ascocotyle sp. The relative condition factor (Kn) did not differ significantly between parasitized and unparasitized individuals from the two host species. Only Sciadicleithrum sp.1, parasite of S. pappaterra, presented positive and significant correlation between the relative condition factor (Kn) and the abundance of parasitism. On the other hand, Ascocotyle sp. in both hosts and Sciadicleithrum sp.2 parasite of C. niederleinii did not present correlations between the Kn and the abundance of parasitism.