Volume 25, Issue 75, January - June, 2024

First record of the parasite Rocinela signata (Isopoda: Aegidae) on the gills of the Blue spotted cornet fish Fistularia commersonii (Syngnathiformes: Fistulariidae) in marine water of Syria

Nour G Baddour¹, Mohamad Y Galiya¹, Waad G Sabour¹, Taghrid M Layka²

¹Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Tishreen University, Lattakia, Syria
²Higher Institute for Marine Research, Tishreen University, Lattakia, Syria

ABSTRACT

During the implementation of our current research entitled "Study of reproductive biology, food spectrum of the blue spotted cornet fish Fistularia commersonii (Rüppell, 1838) & Chromis chromis (Linnaeus, 1758) in Syrian marine waters (Governorate Lattakia)" which began on 20/10/2022, we found the parasite Rocinela signata on the gills of the fish Fistularia commersonii caught on 29-11-2022, with Bottom Trowel nets, in the area of (Ras Al-Basit 49°.25ˋ50 N, 15°.14 ˋ50 E.) Lattakia. As a result of a laboratory examination and comparison with scientific references, we identified the species of parasite R.signata, which was recorded for the first time in Syrian marine waters - Lattakia Governorate and the eastern Mediterranean coast.

Keywords: Rocinela signata, Isopoda, Fistularia commersonii, Syrian marine waters.

Species, 2024, 25(75), e1s1620

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.54905/disssi.v25i75.e1s1620

Published: 06 January 2024