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FAUNA OF ACANTHOCEPHALA FROM FRESHWATER FISH IN ERZURUM
Burçak Aslan, Yahya Tepe, Mehmet Cemal Oğuz
Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Ataturk University Erzurum, Turkey
Some freshwater fish can be infected with parasites.
Parasites reduce nutritional value of fish and prevent their reproduction, growth and feeding.
The distribution and presence of parasites in water are very important knowledge in economy.
In this study, acanthocephalans of freshwater fish caught from Erzurum were investigated.
The aim of the study was determined the role of acanthocephalans in this system.
The fish of Karasu RiverPorsuk (Aras) RiverTortum LakeÇıldır LakeKuzgun Dam Lake
were examined in this study.
During the study a total of 170 fish of 13 species were investigated for the presence of acanthocephalans.
%Prevalence= Number of infected fish / Number of total fish
Mean intensity=
Number of total parasite / Number of infected fish
Mean abundance= Number of total parasite / Number of total fish
Table 1. The formulas of some parasitological parameters of the parasites
Acanthocephalan fauna of the fresh water fish from Erzurum province is included 4 species.
Acanthocephalus salmonisPomphorhynchus spindletruncatus Neoechinorhynchus sp.Neoechinorhynchus zabensis.
a
b
c
d
a. Pomphorhynchus spindletruncatusb. Neoechinorhynchus zabensisc. Acanthocephalus salmonisd. Neoechinorhynchus sp.
Bar
bus
pleb
ejus
Rut
ilus
sp.
Nem
achi
lus
sp.
Cap
oeta
cap
oeta
Leuc
iscu
s ce
phal
us
Alb
urnu
s fil
ippi
Bar
bus
mur
sa
Aca
ntho
cram
a m
arm
id
Rut
ilus
sp.
Cap
oeta
cap
oeta
Cap
oeta
trut
ta
Cha
lcal
burn
us s
p.
Leuc
iscu
s ce
phal
us
Bar
bus
pleb
ejus
Cap
oeta
cap
oeta
Leuc
iscu
s ce
phal
us
Sal
mo
trutta
Bar
bus
pleb
ejus
Aca
ntho
bram
a m
arm
id
Leuc
iscu
s ce
phal
us
Cho
ndro
stom
a sp
.
Car
assi
us s
p.
Bar
bus
pleb
ejus
Car
assi
us s
p.
Aras River Karasu River Kuzgun Dam Lake
Çıldır Lake Tortum Lake
1
10
100
41.1764705882353
9.09090909090909
50
100 100
14.2857142857143
66.6666666666667100
5042.8571428571429
16.6666666666667
100
33.3333333333333
5.88235294117647
50
100100
Enfected Fish Prev MI
Conclusion; Acanthocephalus salmonis was observed in
Salmo trutta Neoechinorhynchus zabensis in Capoeta
trutta Pomphorhynchus spindletruncatus in the
other 9 fish species. These acanthocephalan species are first
records for the parasite fauna of Turkey.
Thank you for your interest