Occurrence of Philometra lateolabracis (Nematoda: Philometridae) in the gonads of marine perciform fishes in the Mediterranean region

0157639 - PAU-O 20033026 RIV DE eng J - Journal Article
Moravec, František - Glamuzina, B. - Marino, G. - Merella, P. - Di Cave, D.
Occurrence of Philometra lateolabracis (Nematoda: Philometridae) in the gonads of marine perciform fishes in the Mediterranean region.
Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. Roč. 53, č. 3 (2003), s. 267-269. ISSN 0177-5103. E-ISSN 1616-1580
R&D Projects: GA ČR GA524/03/0061
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Keywords : parasitic nematode * Philometra lateolabracis * marine fish
Subject RIV: GJ - Animal Vermins ; Diseases, Veterinary Medicine
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Gravid females of Philometra lateolabracis (Yamaguti, 1935), a parasite of gonads of marine perciform fishes, were found in wild and cultured dusky grouper Epinephelus marginatus (Lowe) from waters near the Balear Islands (Spain, Mediterranean Sea) and Sicily (Italy, Thyrrenean Sea), and in the greater amberjack Seriola dumerili (Risso) in Croatia (south-eastern Adriatic Sea). The nematodes are briefly described and illustrated. Sanguinofilaria jordanoi López-Neyra, 1951, described from the ovary of Epinephelus gigas Brünich from Morocco, is synonymized with P. lateolabracis. This is the first documented record of P. lateolabracis from fishes of the Mediterranean region and its finding in S. dumerili represents a new host record. The possible importance of this pathogenic parasite for cultures of marine perciform fishes in the region is stressed.
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