Volume 25, Issue 76, July - December, 2024

First record of the parasite Clavellisa scombri (Copepoda: Lernaeopodidae) on the Gills of the Scomber japonicus fishes in Marine water of Syria

Rassin K Kanaan¹, Mohamad Y Galiya¹, Taghrid M Layka²

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

ABSTRACT

The current research aims is to identify the external parasites that infect Scomber japonicus fish in the marine waters of the coast of Latakia Governorate. During the period from 1/1/2024 to 10/1/2024, were collected 100 individuals of fish, and were examined an external part such as the Skin, Gills, Operculum, Oral Cavity, and Nostrils. Research results showed that the gills infected with the parasite Clavellisa scombri from the Lerneapodidae family of Copepoda Crustaceans. With an infection rate of 7% and an infection intensity of 1. This is the first record of the infection of Scomber japonicus with the parasite Clavellisa scombri in Syrian marine waters.

Keywords: External Parasites, Copepoda, Scomber japonicus, Clavellisa scombri, Syrian marine waters

Species, 2024, 25(76), e47s1743

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.54905/disssi.v25i76.e47s1743

Published: 12 November 2024