Biodiversity and spacial structure of parasites of Loricariidae fishes (Teleostei: Siluriformes) from Brazil

• Grant number: 15/11543-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Doctorate
• Start date: July 30, 2015
• End date: October 29, 2015
• Field of knowledge: Agronomical Sciences - Fishery Resources and Fishery Engineering - Inland Water Fishery Resources
• Principal Investigator: Reinaldo José da Silva
• Grantee: Lidiane Franceschini
• Supervisor: Juan Antonio Balbuena Diaz-Pines
• Host Institution: Instituto de Biociências (IBB). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Botucatu. Botucatu , SP, Brazil
• Institution abroad: Universitat de València, Spain
• Associated to the scholarship: 12/07850-7 - Biodiversity of the helminths of Loricariidae fishes (Teleostei: Siluriformes) from Sapucaí-Mirim River, Brazil, BP.DR

Abstract

Few studies report the biodiversity of fish parasites in natural populations in order to improve information about their geographical distribution, biology and spacial structure of the parasite community. The limited knowledge about the biological aspects, biogeographic patterns of distribution and high morphological variability of Loricariidae fishes are factors that make the studies on biodiversity of this group difficult, including the parasitic diversity of these fishes. During 2012 and 2013, two annual samples (dry/rainy seasons) were carried out, in eight sites situated between three Small Hydro Power Plants (SHPs): Palmeiras, Anhanguera, and Retiro. Specimens of Loricaria prolixa (n=50), Hypostomus regani (n=50), Hypostomus ancistroides (n=50), Hypostomus strigaticeps (n=50), Hypostomus heraldoi (n=9), Hypostomus margaritifer (n=23), Hypostomus cf. margaritifer (n=18); Hypostomus topavae (n=10); Hypostomus aff. topavae (n=46) and Hypostomus n. sp. (n=23), were analised, totaling 329 fishes. The aim of this study is to survey the biodiversity of metazoan parasites of Loricariidae fishes in an area under the influence of the construction of Small Hydro Power Plants (SHPs) in the Sapucaí-Mirim River, São Paulo State, Brazil. Work will concentrate on evaluating the spacial structure of parasitic communities of these hosts (at both the component community and infracommunity levels), assessing the variation in parasite species composition among sites and fish species (Beta-Diversity), and determining the changes in infracommunity abundance based on explanatory variables, such as host size (body weight), space (sampled area), time (year and season of capture). (AU)

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

FRANCESCHINI, L.; ACOSTA, A. A.; ZAGO, A. C.; MUELLER, M. I.; DA SILVA, R. J.. Trinigyrus spp. (Monogenea: Dactylogyridae) from Brazilian catfishes: new species, molecular data and new morphological contributions to the genus. JOURNAL OF HELMINTHOLOGY, v. 94, 2020. (15/22382-8, 16/07829-9, 12/22895-7, 12/07850-7, 15/11543-0, 11/23588-8, 15/11542-4, 17/16546-3)

ZAGO, ALINE CRISTINA; YAMADA, FABIO HIDEKI; DE OLIVEIRA FADEL YAMADA, PRISCILLA; FRANCESCHINI, LIDIANE; BONGIOVANI, MARCELA FONTES; DA SILVA, REINALDO JOSE. Seven new species ofUrocleidoides(Monogenea: Dactylogyridae) from Brazilian fishes supported by morphological and molecular data. Parasitology Research, v. 119, n. 10, AUG 2020. (12/07850-7, 13/19776-9, 15/11542-4, 16/07829-9, 14/14298-4, 11/23588-8, 15/11543-0, 11/22603-3)

ZAGO, ALINE CRISTINA; FRANCESCHINI, LIDIANE; ABDALLAH, VANESSA DORO; MULLER, MARIA ISABEL; AZEVEDO, RODNEY KOZLOWISKI; DA SILVA, REINALDO JOSE. orphological and molecular data of new species of Characithecium and Diaphorocleidus (Monogenea: Dactylogyridae) from Neotropical characid fishe. Parasitology International, v. 84, OCT 2021. (15/11542-4, 15/11543-0, 16/07829-9, 12/07850-7, 16/21040-9, 11/23588-8, 17/16546-3)

FADEL YAMADA, PRISCILLA DE OLIVEIRA; MUELLER, MARIA ISABEL; ZAGO, ALINE CRISTINA; YAMADA, FABIO HIDEKI; EBERT, MARIANA BERTHOLDI; FRANCESCHINI, LIDIANE; DA SILVA, REINALDO JOSE. Three New Species of Jainus (Monogenea: Dactylogyridae) Parasitizing Gills of Brazilian Freshwater Fishes Supported by Morphological and Molecular Data & DAG;. DIVERSITY-BASEL, v. 15, n. 5, p. 19-pg., 2023-05-14. (21/12779-9, 15/11543-0, 16/07829-9, 14/14298-4, 17/16546-3, 15/11542-4, 12/07850-7, 11/22603-3, 20/05412-9, 11/23588-8)