Parasites occurrence in fishes collected from daim mayo lagoon at the sudanese red sea coast
International Journal of Development Research
Parasites occurrence in fishes collected from daim mayo lagoon at the sudanese red sea coast
Received 26th January, 2022; Received in revised form 20th February, 2022; Accepted 19th March, 2022; Published online 30th April, 2022
Copyright © 2022, Hala Khidir Hassan Osman et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Total prevalence of parasites infection among all fish species investigated was 64.62%. Mugil cephalus recorded highest prevalence of infection with 40.85%. Four external parasites were found in gills of most fish species collected from the study area, these were Ganthia sp., Aella sp., Lepeophtheirus sp., Lernanthropus sp. and Lepeophtheirum sp.. Two helminthes parasites Sclerocolum sp. and Procamallnus sp. were reported inside the intestinal tract of some examined fishes. The parasites Ganthia sp. and Lernanthropus sp. were infested the gills of the following fish species: Plectorhynchus schotaf, Upeneus vittatus, Epinephlus summana, Hipposcarus harid, Mulloidichthys vanicolensis, Rhinecanthus assia, Scombroides lysine, Crenidens crenidens, and Caranx bajed. The examination of the infected intestine of M. cephalus, Chanos chanos and Siganus rivulatus revealed presence of heavy infection with Sclerocolum sp. and Procamallnus sp. parasites. Also Cymothoa sp. were recorded in mouth roof and gills of M. cephalus. The examination of infected intestine of M. cephalus revealed the presence of heavy infection with the Sclerocolum sp. and Procamallnus sp. parasites with prevalence of 17.5% and 22.5 %, respectively. The ectoparasites Ganthia sp., Aella sp., Lernanthropus sp. and Cymothoa sp. were recorded for the first time in fishes from the Sudanese Red Sea coast.
