ABSTRACT
45 species of Copepoda and 14 of Isopoda have been found on the South Adriatic (Montenegrian coast) fishes during the 10 years study. In addition to the check-list, some results of pathological and haematological investigations, showing that these parasites have a considerable impact on the growth, condition index and physiological state of hosts, are given.
Subject(s)
Anemia/veterinary , Crustacea/classification , Fish Diseases/etiology , Fishes/parasitology , Parasitic Diseases, Animal , Spleen/parasitology , Anemia/etiology , Animals , Crustacea/pathogenicity , Crustacea/physiology , Fish Diseases/parasitology , Host-Parasite Interactions/physiology , Hypertrophy/etiology , Hypertrophy/veterinary , Oceans and Seas , Parasitic Diseases/etiology , Seawater , Spleen/pathologyABSTRACT
Twenty-five species of parasitic copepods are presented, collected on fishes living in the Montenegro sea coasts. Among these species, belonging to ten families and sixteen different genera, fifteen are new records for the Adriatic Sea.
Subject(s)
Crustacea/isolation & purification , Fish Diseases/parasitology , Parasitic Diseases, Animal , Animals , Crustacea/anatomy & histology , Crustacea/classification , Fishes/parasitology , Species Specificity , YugoslaviaABSTRACT
A collection of whole mount preparations of digeneans was studied. The parasites were collected from several species of fishes caught in a fishing area of the South Adriatic Sea. A host-parasite list is given. Twenty species of fish were analysed and twenty-seven species of digeneans were found, twenty of which had previously been described in the same host, and six of which were observed in new hosts and/or localities. One digenean, hitherto undescribed, is illustrated in this paper and described as Lecithaster atherinae n.sp. The new species can be distinguished from L. bombayensis by the testes not being lobed; from L. extralobus by having four rather than five ovarian lobes; from L. indicus and L. maeoticus by the ovarian lobes not being finger-like; from L. leiostomi by having definitely smaller eggs.
