Volume 25, Issue 75, January - June, 2024

First record of the Parasite Nematodes Anisakis simplex in the migratory Fish Species Pagellus bogaraveo of the parasite in Syrian Marine Waters

Mai M Masri¹, Waad G Sabour²

¹Researcher in Fish Biology and Biodiversity, Lattakia, Syria
²Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Tishreen University, Lattakia, Syria

ABSTRACT

The black seabream Pagellus bogaraveo is an Atlantic migratory species recently recorded in Syrian marine waters. It has been exposed to internal parasites in its native habitat. The research was aimed to investigate the internal parasites that infect the fish species P. bogaraveo in the Syrian marine waters. A total of 306 individuals were collected from Ras Al-Basit in the north to Tartus in the south during the period from May 2020 to May 2021. The internal organs of the fish individuals (stomach, intestines and gonads) were examined to detect infection with internal parasites. The third larval of the parasite Anisakis simplex, which belongs to the phylum Nematoda, was isolated from the stomach and the gonads walls of P. bogaraveo. The current study is the first record of infection of P. bogaraveo with the parasite A. simplex, and the fourth record of this parasite among bony fishes in Syrian marine waters.

Keywords: Pagellus bogaraveo, internal parasites, Anisakis simplex, Syrian coast

Species, 2024, 25(75), e15s1646

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.54905/disssi.v25i75.e15s1646

Published: 08 April 2024