آلودگي گونه از باربوس ماهيان رودخانه هاي تجن و زارم رود استان مازندران به انگلهاي كرمي

Infections of three species of Barbus fishes by helminth parasites in Tadjan and Zaremrood Rivers, Mazandaran province, Iran

The study was conducted to identify the helminth parasites of Barboid fisher from two larger Rivers , Tadjan and Zaremrood from September 2001 to august 2002 . In this study, 162 specimens were captured by set net and electro fishing. There were Barbus mursa (n=125), B. lacerta (n=21) and B. capito (n=16). From 164 fishes 55% were infected by different parasitic worms. Collected parasites in B. mursa include: Rhabdochona hellichi, Bothriocephalus gowkongensis (in gut) and Paradiplozoon homoion (in gill) and from B. lacerta : Rhabdochona hellichi , Bothriocephalus gowkongensis, Pseudocapillaria tomentosa, Allocreadium isoporum (in gut) and Paradiplozoon homoion (in gill) and from B. capito : R. hellichi and Pseudocapillaria tomentosa. Paradiplozoon homoion is the first report in barboid fishes of Iranian Caspian Sea area.