Parasites Communities in Brown Trout Salmo Trutta (Pisces, Teleostei) from Corsican Rivers

A great number of rivers characterize Corsica. Salmonides are the main fishes which populate them. They are very appreciated by the fishermen and, are represented by three species in the insular hydrographic network of which an autochthonous specie, the brown trout (Salmo trutta). In the present work, we have performed the parasitofauna of this species. Previously, this work had never been carried out in Corsica. Thus, we initially drew up an inventory of the parasites found in this freshwater fish. Then, we tried to understand the differences which appeared in the composition of parasities communities of this species.