Stojanovski, Stojmir and Velkova - Jordanovska, Lidija and Blazhekovikj - Dimovska, Dijana and Smiljkov, Stoe (2013) NEW FINDINGS OF PARASITE FAUNA OF OHRID MORANEC (PACHYCHILON PICTUM HECKEL & KNER, 1858) (TELEOSTEI: CYPRINIDAE) FROM LAKE OHRID, MACEDONIA. Annual Zoological Congress of “Grigore Antipa” Museum. p. 106. ISSN ISBN: 978-606-92462-9-0
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Abstract
Lake Ohrid is the oldest lake in Europe. The lake is inhabited by 17 autochthonous species, of which 10 species (60%) are endemic.
Within the parasitological examinations of the fishes from the Macedonian part of the Lake Ohrid 226 specimens of the endemic fish species Ohrid moranec (Pachychilon pictum Heckel & Kner, 1858) were comprised, of which 117
specimens (51.77%) were infected.
In our case study the presence of 7 parasite species was evident: Dactylogyrus caballeroi, Plagioporus stefanskii, Cystidicoloides tenuissima, Contracaecum microcephalum (larva), Metechinorhynchus salmonis, Pomphorhynchus laevis
and Pomphorhynchus bosniacus.
Separately, by parasite species, the highest prevalence is with Dactylogyrus caballeroi (44.69%), and the lowest prevalence is with Plagioporus stefanskii(0.44%).
Plagioporus stefanskii is mentioned in our study for the first time in the ichthyoparasitofauna of Lake Ohrid and Macedonia.
The parasites of the Ohrid moranec are mostly freshwater forms, with one element that is common to both marine and fresh waters (Metechinorhynchus salmonis).
One aspect of the parasites found, is their wide area of distribution and wide spectrum of hosts, such as: Cystidicoloides tenuissima, Contracaecum microcephalum (larva), and Metechinorhynchus salmonis. But, Pomphorhynchus
bosnicus is stenoparasite or at the border of stenoparasitism, because it is confined within the Balkan Peninsula, especially on its western part.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | Scientific Fields (Frascati) > Agricultural Sciences > Agriculture, forestry and fisheries Scientific Fields (Frascati) > Natural sciences > Biological sciences Scientific Fields (Frascati) > Agricultural Sciences > Veterinary science |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Biotechnical Sciences |
| Depositing User: | Prof. d-r Dijana Blazhekovikj - Dimovska |
| Date Deposited: | 24 Dec 2022 18:23 |
| Last Modified: | 24 Dec 2022 18:23 |
| URI: | https://eprints.uklo.edu.mk/id/eprint/7523 |
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