Parasites of the Mutton Snapper Lutjanus analis (Perciformes: Lutjanidae) in Alagoas, Brazil / Parasitas de Cioba Lutjanus analis (Perciformes: Lutjanidae) em Alagoas, Brasil

A parasitological survey was carried out on a sample of sixty mutton snappers (Lutjanus analis) that were caught on the coast of Alagoas, northeastern Brazil. The parasite diversity and infection levels were low. The ectoparasite Rocinela signata Schioedte & Meinert, 1879 (Isopoda: Aegidae), and larvae of two endoparasites, Trypanorhyncha gen. sp. and Hysterothylacium sp. (Nematoda: Anisakidae), were detected. The significance of these parasites is discussed in the context of their transmission pathways and potential impact.

Um estudo parasitológico foi realizado em 60 exemplares de cioba, Lutjanus analis, capturados ao largo de Alagoas, no Nordeste do Brasil. A diversidade e níveis de infecção parasitária foram baixos. Foram detectados o ectoparasito Rocinela signata Schioedte & Meinert, 1879 (Isopoda: Aegidae) e dois endoparasitos, larvas de Trypanorhyncha gen. sp. e larvas de Hysterothylacium sp. (Nematoda: Anisakidae). O significado desses parasitos é discutido no âmbito das suas vias de transmissão e potencial impacto.

Neocucullanus neocucullanus Travassos, Artigas et Pereira, 1928 (Nematoda: Cucullanidae) from the Characidae fish, Brycon hilarii Valenciennes, 1850, from Brazil

During investigation on the helminth parasites from Brycon hilarii Valenciennes, 1850 (Characiformes, Characidae), from River Juba, Tangará da Serra, state of Mato Grosso, Brazil, several specimens of the nematode Neocucullanus Travassos, Artigas et Pereira, 1928 were detected. A detailed study of this material, including scanning electron microscopy, allowed to identify these nematodes as N. neocucullanus Travassos, Artigas et Pereira, 1928 and to confirm N. multipapillatus Petter, 1989 as a junior synonym of N. neocucullanus.

Ecological data of Travassosnema travassosi travassosi (Dracunculoidea: Guyanemidae) from the humour of the eyes of Acestrorhynchus lacustris from Tibagi River, Paraná, Brazil

Data obtained between 1990 and 1995 provide, for the first time, ecological information of the parasitic nematode Travassosnema travassosi travassosi Costa, Moreira & Oliveira, 1991 from Acestrorhynchus lacustris (Characiformes: Acestrorhynchidae) collected in the Tibagi River, Sertanópolis, Paraná, Brazil. These nematode occurred with low prevalences (7.7 percent to 28.6 percent) and intensities (1 to 3) during almost the whole year. The observation of mature females throughout the year indicate that liberation of larvae can occur during all the year around. This is the first report on the occurrence of T. travassosi travassosi inside the eyes. These nematodes were mostly located in humour of the eyes (87 percent of cases), being less frequently detected in tissues behind the eyes (13 percent of cases)