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First record of two Copepoda species parasitizing Colomesus tocantinensis (Tetraodontiformes: Tetraodontidae) in the Tocantins-Araguaia basin, Brazil.

Gabriela MichelanWagner Toshio HasuikeLidiany Doreto CavalcantiAtsler Luana LehunJoão Otávio Santos SilvaRicardo Massato Takemoto
Published in: Revista brasileira de parasitologia veterinaria = Brazilian journal of veterinary parasitology : Orgao Oficial do Colegio Brasileiro de Parasitologia Veterinaria (2023)
Considering the lack of studies on freshwater fishes of the genus Colomesus, we conducted a survey the parasite fauna of Colomesus tocantinensis collected from the Tocantins River, Brazil. We first recorded the presence of the ectoparasites Ergasilus colomesus and Lernaea sp. where 96.77% of the fish were parasitized.
Keyphrases
  • water quality
  • climate change
  • plasmodium falciparum
  • toxoplasma gondii
  • genetic diversity
  • trypanosoma cruzi
  • life cycle