Parasite diversity of Osteoglossum Bicirrhosum, an Osteoglossidae fish from Amazon.
We investigated the ecological relationships between parasites and the host silver arowana Osteoglossum bicirrhosum Cuvier, 1829 from Amazonian basin, in Brazil. A total of 1,570.539 parasites belonging to different taxa were found including Ichthyophthirius multifiliis, Piscinoodinium pillulare (Protozoa), Gonocleithrum aruanae, Gonocleithrum planacrus, Gonocleithrum coenoideum (Monogenoidea) and Camallanus acaudatus (Nematoda); all had an aggregated dispersion.
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Main Authors: | RODRIGUES, M. de N. G., DIAS, M. K. R., MARINHO, R. das G. B., TAVARES-DIAS, M. |
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Other Authors: | Maria de Nazaré Gonçalves Rodrigues, Universidade do Estado do Amapá (UEAP), Macapá, AP , Brasil.; Márcia Kelly Reis Dias, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biodiversidade Tropical (PPGBIO), Universidade Federal do Amapá (UNIFAP), Macapá, AP , Brasil; Renata das Graças Barbosa Marinho, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biodiversidade Tropical (PPGBIO), Universidade Federal do Amapá (UNIFAP), Macapá, AP , Brasil; MARCOS TAVARES DIAS, CPAF-AP. |
Format: | Artigo de periódico biblioteca |
Language: | English eng |
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2015-01-20
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Subjects: | Fresh water fish, Parasite animal, Fator de condição., Peixe de água doce, Parasito de animal, condition factor., |
Online Access: | http://www.alice.cnptia.embrapa.br/alice/handle/doc/1006124 |
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