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Expanded description of Lamproglena monodi (Copepoda: Lernaeidae), parasitizing native and introduced fishes in Brazil

2012; Colégio Brasileiro de Parasitologia Veterinaria; Volume: 21; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1590/s1984-29612012000300015

ISSN

1984-2961

Autores

Rodney Kozlowiski de Azevedo, Vanessa Doro Abdallah, Reinaldo José da Silva, Tatiana Maslowa Pegado de Azevedo, Maurício Laterça Martins, José L. Luque,

Tópico(s)

Fish Biology and Ecology Studies

Resumo

An occurrence of the copepod Lamproglena monodi Capart, 1944, parasitizing freshwater fishes in Brazil is presented, along with new morphological data. This crustacean was originally described parasitizing several cichlids in Africa. In the present study, the crustaceans were collected from the body surface and gills of two fish species native to Brazil [Astronotus ocellatus (Agassiz, 1831) and Cichla ocellaris Bloch and Schneider, 1801] and two introduced species [Oreochromis niloticus (Linnaeus, 1758) and Tilapia rendalli (Boulenger, 1897)]. The Brazilian specimens exhibited some morphometric intraspecies differences in relation to the specimens from Congo-Kinshasa and Egypt.

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