Parasites of Satanoperca jurupari (Osteichthyes: Cichlidae) from Brazil.

Authors :: Melo, Marly de
dos Santos, Everton
Giese, Elane
dos Santos, Jeannie
Santos, Cláudia
Source :: Parasitology Research; Jan2012, Vol. 110 Issue 1, p389-394, 6p
Publication Year :: 2012
Abstract: Satanoperca jurupari (Osteichthyes: Cichlidae) is reported for the first time to be parasitized by the nematodes Procamallanus ( Spirocamallanus) rarus Travassos, Artigas and Pereira, 1928, Procamallanus ( Spirocamallanus) sp., larvae of Raphidascaroides sp. and Anisakidae gen. sp., and by the acanthocephalan Neoechinorhynchus ( Neoechinorhynchus) paraguayensis Machado Filho (Rev Bras Biol 19:379-381, ). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]