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Parasitic helminths infecting <i>Eucinostomus melanopterus</i> and <i>Eugerres plumieri</i> (Perciformes: Gerreidae), from Boca del Rio, Veracruz, México

2020; National University of Colombia; Volume: 25; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.15446/abc.v25n1.78363

1900-1649

Jesús Montoya‐Mendoza, Gilberto Muñoz-Nieto, Sergio Cházaro–Olvera, Edgar F. Mendoza‐Franco, Fabiola Lango‐Reynoso, María del Refugio Castañeda‐Chávez,

Parasites and Host Interactions

A helminthological examination was carried out on 14 specimens of Eucinostomus melanopterus (flagfin mojarra) and 19 Eugerres plumieri (striped mojarra), of which a total of 461 helminths were collected. As a result, and 12 taxa were registered (five species, five genus and tow family), as follows: four monogeneans, five digeneans (four adults, one metacercaria), one cestode (larva) and tow nematodes (larvae). The highest prevalence was for Neodiplectanum mexicanum (29 %) infecting E. melanopterus and Aristocleidus hastatus (37 %) infecting E. plumieri. Both hosts shared 50 % of recorded species, and none of the identified helminthes represents a zoonotic risk.