Title of article
Record of two Anuretes species (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida) from fishes of the Arab Gulf, off Iraq
Author/Authors
khamees, najim r. university of basrah - college of agriculture - department of fisheries and marine resources, Basrah, Iraq , adday, thamir k university of basrah - college of agriculture - department of fisheries and marine resources, basrah, Iraq
From page
16
To page
26
Abstract
Two species of the genus Anuretes: Anuretes anomalus Pillai, 1967 and A. branchialis Rangnekar, 1953 were recorded from gills of Diagramma pictum (Thunberg, 1792) and Platax teira (Forsskål, 1775), respectively. Fishes were caught off coast of Iraq during the period from January 2011 till April 2012. Illustrated descriptions of both parasites have been given. The prevalence and mean intensity of infection were 58.3% and 7.3, for A. anomalus and 24.6% and 4.2, for A. branchialis.
Keywords
Fish , Diagramma , Platax , Parasites , Caligidae , Anuretes.
Journal title
Basrah Journal Of Agricultural Sciences
Journal title
Basrah Journal Of Agricultural Sciences
Record number
2696672
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