Helminth parasites of freshwater fishes, Nazas River basin, northern Mexico

By

De León, Gerardo Pérez-Ponce
Rosas-Valdez, Rogelio
Aguilar-Aguilar, Rogelio
Mendoza-Garfias, Berenit
Mendoza-Palmero, Carlos
García-Prieto, Luis
Rojas-Sánchez, Aline
Briosio-Aguilar, Rosario
Pérez-Rodríguez, Rodolfo
Domínguez-Domínguez, Omar

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2010-2-1

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

6

Series / Issue

Issue: 1

Pages

026--35

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/6.1.026

 

Abstract

This paper represents the first study of the helminth parasites of freshwater fishes from the Nazas River basin in northern Mexico. Between July 2005 and December 2008, 906 individual fish were collected and examined for helminth parasites in 23 localities along the river basin. Twenty-three species of fish were examined as a part of this inventory work. In total, 41 helminth species were identified: 19 monogeneans, 10 digeneans, seven cestodes, one acanthocephalan, and four nematodes. The biogeographical implications of our findings are briefly discussed.