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Sphincterodiplostomum musculosum (Digenea, Diplostomidae) in Geophagus brasiliensis (Perciformes, Cichlidae) collected in a lake at Dois Córregos, São Paulo, Brazil

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Author(s):
Rocha, Rodrigo Severiano [1] ; Pelegrini, Larissa Sbeghen [2] ; Camargo, Aline de Almeida [2] ; Abdallah, Vanessa Doro [1] ; de Azevedo, Rodney Kozlowiski [1]
Total Authors: 5
Affiliation:
[1] USC, Cent Labs Pesquisa Ciencia & Tecnol Ambiental, Lab Ictioparasitol, Sao Paulo, SP - Brazil
[2] Univ Estadual Paulista UNESP, Inst Biociencias, Programa Posgrad Ciencias Biol, BR-18618970 Botucatu, SP - Brazil
Total Affiliations: 2
Document type: Journal article
Source: Ciência Rural; v. 45, n. 12, p. 2223-2228, DEC 2015.
Web of Science Citations: 0
Abstract

ABSTRACT: Geophagus brasiliensis is a freshwater cichlid distributed throughout the whole South America. It is a territorial fish, generally omnivorous, which preferentially inhabits the bottom of water bodies. Previous studies have reported species of digenetic trematodes parasitizing G. brasiliensis. This study identifies the Sphincterodiplostomum musculosum Dubois, 1936, a Diplostomidae digenetic, commonly found in many teleostean species. More than 50% of the hosts analyzed had their eyes infected with metacercariae of S. musculosum. A positive correlation was observed between the hosts standard length and the abundance of S. musculosum, a fact that corroborates with other studies on this parasite. This paper reports the first occurrence of S. musculosum in G. brasiliensis, which is also the first record in Dois Córregos City, São Paulo State, Brazil. (AU)

FAPESP's process: 12/23655-0 - Biodiversity of the metazoan parasites of the species of fishes that are predominant in the Batalha River, middle Tietê River, State of São Paulo, Brazil
Grantee:Vanessa Doro Abdallah Kozlowiski
Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
FAPESP's process: 14/06332-8 - Study of endoparasites of curimbatá Prochilodus lineatus (Valenciennes, 1837) (Characiformes: Prochilodontidae) collected in the Tietê river, São Paulo, Brazil
Grantee:Rodrigo Severiano Rocha
Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation