Gill monogenean communities on three commercially important sparid fish in Omani waters
Other Title(s)
تجمعات المونوجينا في خياشيم أهم ثلاثة أسماك السباريدية التجارية في المياه العمانية
Joint Authors
Source
Agricultural and Marine Sciences : Research Journal
Issue
Vol. 19, Issue 1 (31 Dec. 2015), pp.54-61, 8 p.
Publisher
Sultan Qaboos University College of Agricultural and Marine Sciences
Publication Date
2015-12-31
Country of Publication
Oman
No. of Pages
8
Main Subjects
Engineering & Technology Sciences (Multidisciplinary)
Abstract EN
The prevalence and intensity of polyopisthocotylean monogeneans on the gills of three commercially important species of sparid caught in Omani coastal waters close to the city port of Muscat were determined and compared.
Throughout May 2012 to April 2013, infections on bi-weekly samples of the soldier seabream, Argyrops filamentosus (Valenciennes, 1830), the king soldier seabream, Argyrops spinifer (Forsskål, 1775), and, the silver seabream, Rhabdosargus sabra were evaluated.
From a total of 200 specimens (standard length of 26–52 cm), caught by line angling or by traps, at least three species of gill monogenean, namely Omanicotyle [Bivagina] heterospina, Heteromicrocotyla sp.
and Microcotyle sp., were commonly encountered.
Silver bream, which was infected by all three monogeneans, bore the highest infections (100% prevalence; mean intensity of 20.14 ± 0.92 parasites fish-1), whilst the soldier bream, which was infected only by O.
heterospina had the lowest levels of infection (of the three sparids with 63.8% prevalence; mean intensity 5.8 ± 0.17 parasites fish-1).
Comments on the distribution of monogeneans on each host are provided but to what extent this is influenced by water current speeds passing through the buccal and opercular cavities, gill morphology, parasite size, and / or the morphology and efficiency of the parasite’s attachment apparatus requires establishing and forms the basis of ongoing investigations.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Yoon, Gilha& al-Adawi, Hisham& Shinn, Andrew. 2015. Gill monogenean communities on three commercially important sparid fish in Omani waters. Agricultural and Marine Sciences : Research Journal،Vol. 19, no. 1, pp.54-61.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-710041
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Yoon, Gilha…[et al.]. Gill monogenean communities on three commercially important sparid fish in Omani waters. Agricultural and Marine Sciences : Research Journal Vol. 19, no. 1 (2015), pp.54-61.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-710041
American Medical Association (AMA)
Yoon, Gilha& al-Adawi, Hisham& Shinn, Andrew. Gill monogenean communities on three commercially important sparid fish in Omani waters. Agricultural and Marine Sciences : Research Journal. 2015. Vol. 19, no. 1, pp.54-61.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-710041
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 61
Record ID
BIM-710041