PARASITE FAUNA OF THE PRESPA ROACH RUTILUS PRESPENSIS (KARAMAN, 1924) (CYPRINIDAE) IN LAKE PRESPA, REPUBLIC OF NORTH MACEDONIA

Stojanovski, Stojmir and Blazhekovikj - Dimovska, Dijana and Smiljkov, Stoe (2020) PARASITE FAUNA OF THE PRESPA ROACH RUTILUS PRESPENSIS (KARAMAN, 1924) (CYPRINIDAE) IN LAKE PRESPA, REPUBLIC OF NORTH MACEDONIA. Acta Zoologica Bulgarica, 15. pp. 55-59. ISSN 0324-0770

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Abstract

Eight out of the eleven indigenous fish species of Prespa Lake are endemic. One of these endemic fish spe�cies is Prespa roach Rutilus prespensis. The parasitological examination from the North-Macedonian part of the Lake Prespa showed that 175 specimens out of 183 examined specimens (95.63%) are infected with parasites. Fourteen parasite species were identified: three protozoans (Myxobolus cyprini, M. dispar and Chilodonella piscicola), three monogeneans (Dactylogyrus sphyrna, D. erhardovae and Paradiplozoon zeller), two trematodes (Nicolla testiobliquum and metacercariae of Posthodiplostomum cuticola), two
cestodes (Caryophyllaeus laticeps and plerocercoids of Ligula intestinalis), two nematodes (Philometra ovata and larvae of Contracaecum microcephalum), one acanthocephalan (Metechinorhynchus truttae) and one crustacean (Ergasilus sieboldi). The most prevalent parasite species were Posthodiplostomum cuticola (84.70%), Ligula intestinalis (77.04%) and Dactylogyrus sphyrna (38.80%).

Item Type:	Article
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:	25 Dec 2022 07:47
Last Modified:	25 Dec 2022 07:47
URI:	https://eprints.uklo.edu.mk/id/eprint/7532

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