Biodiversity of parasites of Characiformes fishes (Teleostei) from streams of the Middle Paranapanema River Basin, Southeast Brazil

• Grant number: 16/07829-9
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
• Start date: October 01, 2016
• End date: September 30, 2019
• Field of knowledge: Agronomical Sciences - Fishery Resources and Fishery Engineering - Inland Water Fishery Resources
• Principal Investigator: Reinaldo José da Silva
• Grantee: Aline Cristina Zago
• Host Institution: Instituto de Biociências (IBB). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Botucatu. Botucatu , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Brazilian biodiversity is one of the richest in the world, with special emphasis given to its fish fauna, which has great richness and diversity. However, the number of parasite species of Brazilian freshwater fish is relatively low compared with the biodiversity of the host species, because it is estimated that only a small percentage of these parasite species has been described. Thus, the aim of this project is to conduct a study about the biodiversity of parasites of six fish species of the order Characiformes in streams of the Middle Paranapanema River Basin, Southeast Brazil, and to evaluate the parasite community structure of the hosts analyzed. Sampling will be carried out only in the dry season during two years (2016 and 2017), in 24 streams belonging to four micro-basins located in the south of the municipality of Avaré, São Paulo State. Sixty specimens of each fish species will be collected, and 30 will be collected in the first year and 30 in the second year. All specimens will be photodocumented and morphometry of systematic value structures of parasites will be obtained through computerized image analysis. The composition and structure of the parasite community of each fish species will be evaluated, and the following parameters of parasite communities will be analyzed, such as prevalence, mean intensity of infection, mean abundance, the pattern of parasite species distribution, dominance, richness and diversity.

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, LIDIANE; MIRANDOLA DIAS VIEIRA, DIEGO HENRIQUE; ZAGO, ALINE CRISTINA; AZEVEDO, RODNEY KOZLOWISKI; ABDALLAH, VANESSA DORO; DA SILVA, REINALDO JOSE. New data on Myxobolus imparfinis (Cnidaria, Myxosporea): host, distribution, and ultrastructural morphology. Parasitology Research, v. 118, n. 6, p. 1967-1973, JUN 2019. (16/07829-9, 15/24901-2)

ZAGO, ALINE CRISTINA; FRANCESCHINI, LIDIANE; MULLER, MARIA ISABEL; DA SILVA, REINALDO JOSE. A new species of Cacatuocotyle (Monogenea, Dactylogyridae) parasitizing Astyanax spp. (Characiformes, Characidae) from Brazil, including molecular data and a key to species identification. ACTA PARASITOLOGICA, v. 63, n. 2, p. 261-269, JUN 2018. (12/07850-7, 11/23588-8, 16/07829-9, 15/11542-4)

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)

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; MIRANDOLA DIAS VIEIRA, DIEGO HENRIQUE; FRANCESCHINI, LIDIANE; DA SILVA, REINALDO JOSE. Morphological, ultrastructural, and molecular analysis of a new species of Myxobolus (Cnidaria, Myxosporea) parasitizing Apareiodon piracicabae (Characiformes, Parodontidae) from Brazil. Parasitology International, v. 88, p. 8-pg., 2022-06-01. (16/07829-9)

FRANCESCHINI, LIDIANE; AGUIAR, ALINE; ZAGO, ALINE CRISTINA; FADEL YAMADA, PRISCILLA DE OLIVEIRA; EBERT, MARIANA BERTHOLDI; DA SILVA, REINALDO JOSE. Three new species of Creptotrema (Trematoda, Allocreadiidae) with an amended diagnosis of the genus and reassignment of Auriculostoma (Allocreadiidae), based on morphological and molecular evidence. PARASITE, v. 28, OCT 13 2021. (16/07829-9, 18/25554-2)

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)