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Parasitic cestodes of fish in the waters off Gökçeada, North Aegean Sea

Year 2013, Volume: 19 Issue: 2, 178 - 184, 01.08.2013

Ahmet Akmirza

Abstract

Abstract This study, performed in April, July, September, October 2011 and January, April 2012 near Gökçeada in the northeastern Aegean Sea in Turkey, seven species of cestoda (Bothriocephalus scorpii, Tetrarhynchobothrium tenuicolle, Acanthobothrium coronatum, Phyllobothrium gracilis, Echeneibothrium variabile, Echinobothrium typus, Scolex pleuronectis) were identified in a total of 57 fish samples of 13 fish species (Trachurus mediterraneus, Boops boops, Trachinus araneus, Scomber japonicus, Torpedo marmorata, Dasyatis sp., Phycis phycis, Conger conger, Squalus acanthias, Raja clavata, Raja miraletus, Scyliorhinus canicula, Monochirus hispidus) among a total of 887 fish samples of 50 fish species. T. tenuicolle, E. variabile are new records for the study area and Turkey.

Keywords

Key words: Cestoda fish parasite Gökçeada

References

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Year 2013, Volume: 19 Issue: 2, 178 - 184, 01.08.2013

Ahmet Akmirza

Abstract

References

  • Akmirza, A. (2002) Parasites of the Acanthocephala and Cestoda species found in fish caught near Gökçeada. Turkish Journal of Parasitology 26 (1): 93˗98 (in Turkish).
  • Ekingen, G. (2004) Keys to Turkish Marine Fishes, Mersin, No: 12 (in Turkish).
  • Golani, D., Öztürk, B., Başusta, N. (2006) The Fishes of the Eastern
  • Mediterranean. Turkish Marine Research Foundation, Istanbul, Turkey, 259 pp. Keskin, Ç., Ünsal, N. (1998) The fish fauna of Gökçeada Island, NE Aegean
  • Sea, Turkey. Italian Journal of Zoology 65 (1): 299˗302. Khalil, I. F., Jones, A., Bray, R. A. (1994) Keys to the Cestode Parasites of
  • Vertebrates. CAB International. 768 pp. Ulutürk, T. (1987) Fish fauna, back˗ground radioactivity of the Gökçeada marine environment. Istanbul University Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic
  • Science 1 (1): 95˗119 (in Turkish). Yamaguti, S. (1959) Systema Helminthum. Vol: II The Cestodes of Vertebrates.
  • Inst. Sc. Pbl., New York, London, 99 pp.
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Publication Date August 1, 2013
Published in Issue Year 2013 Volume: 19 Issue: 2

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APA Akmirza, A. . (2013). Parasitic cestodes of fish in the waters off Gökçeada, North Aegean Sea. Journal of Black Sea / Mediterranean Environment, 19(2), 178-184.
AMA Akmirza A. Parasitic cestodes of fish in the waters off Gökçeada, North Aegean Sea. Journal of Black Sea / Mediterranean Environment. August 2013;19(2):178-184.
Chicago Akmirza, Ahmet. “Parasitic Cestodes of Fish in the Waters off Gökçeada, North Aegean Sea”. Journal of Black Sea / Mediterranean Environment 19, no. 2 (August 2013): 178-84.
EndNote Akmirza A (August 1, 2013) Parasitic cestodes of fish in the waters off Gökçeada, North Aegean Sea. Journal of Black Sea / Mediterranean Environment 19 2 178–184.
IEEE A. . Akmirza, “Parasitic cestodes of fish in the waters off Gökçeada, North Aegean Sea”, Journal of Black Sea / Mediterranean Environment, vol. 19, no. 2, pp. 178–184, 2013.
ISNAD Akmirza, Ahmet. “Parasitic Cestodes of Fish in the Waters off Gökçeada, North Aegean Sea”. Journal of Black Sea / Mediterranean Environment 19/2 (August 2013), 178-184.
JAMA Akmirza A. Parasitic cestodes of fish in the waters off Gökçeada, North Aegean Sea. Journal of Black Sea / Mediterranean Environment. 2013;19:178–184.
MLA Akmirza, Ahmet. “Parasitic Cestodes of Fish in the Waters off Gökçeada, North Aegean Sea”. Journal of Black Sea / Mediterranean Environment, vol. 19, no. 2, 2013, pp. 178-84.
Vancouver Akmirza A. Parasitic cestodes of fish in the waters off Gökçeada, North Aegean Sea. Journal of Black Sea / Mediterranean Environment. 2013;19(2):178-84.