The invasive copepod Lernaea cyprinacea Linnaeus, 1758 (Copepoda, Cyclopoida, Lernaeidae): first record for Neuquén River,Patagonia, Argentina

By

Waicheim, María Agustina
Blasetti, Guillermo
Cordero, Pedro
Rauque, Carlos A.
Viozzi, Gustavo P.

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2017-12-15

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

13

Series / Issue

Issue: 6

Pages

997--1001

Subjects

Freshwater fishes , Introduced parasite , invasion , Los Barreales Reservoir , Percichthys trucha , range extension

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/13.6.997

 

Abstract

We report the first record of the copepod Lernaea cyprinacea (Linnaeus, 1758) parasitizing Percichthys trucha (Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1840) in the Neuquén River (Patagonia, Argentina). One specimen of P. trucha was found parasitized by two females of L. cyprinacea. Our record of L. cyprinacea in Neuquén River represents an increase of the known distribution range for this invasive species, which is apparently moving upstream in the Negro River Basin. This is the first record of L. cyprinacea in Neuquén Province.