Recording of two species of the genus Dipartiella (Raabe, 1959)‎ Stein, 1961 (cliophora :trichodinidae)‎ for the first time in Iraq from gills of the common carp Cyprinus carpio

الملخص EN

The examination of gills of the common carp Cyprinus carpio revealed the presence of two species of the family Trichodinidae belonging to the genus Dipartiella (Raabe, 1959) Stein, 1961 namely D.

indiana Saha and Bandyopadhyay, 2017 and D.

kazubski Mitra and Bandyopadhyay, 2009 for the first time in Iraq from Al-Graiat location on the Tigris River at Baghdad city.

This also represents the first record of the genus Dipartiella from fishes of Iraq.

The descriptions and measurements of these two parasite species as well as their illustrations were given.