Title
Community of macroparasites of the Pacific barracuda Sphyraena ensis Jordan and Gilbert, 1882 (Perciformes, Sphyraenidae) from the north coast of Peru
Other title
Comunitat de macroparàsits de la barracuda del Pacífic Sphyraena ensis Jordan and Gilbert, 1882 (Perciformes, Sphyraenidae) de la costa nord del Perú..
Comunidad de macroparásitos de la barracuda del Pacífico Sphyraena ensis Jordan and Gilbert, 1882 (Perciformes, Sphyraenidae) de la costa norte de Perú..
Date Issued
2021
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Publisher(s)
Museu de Ciencies Naturals
Abstract
Community of macroparasites of the Pacific barracuda Sphyraena ensis Jordan and Gilbert, 1882 (Perciformes, Sphyraenidae) from the north coast of Peru. This study aimed to report the community of macroparasites of the Pacific barracuda Sphyraena ensis Jordan and Gilbert, 1882 (Perciformes, Sphyraenidae) from the north coast of Peru. From September to October 2019, 138 specimens of S. ensis were acquired from Caleta de Zorritos, Con-tralmirante Villar Province, Tumbes, on the north coast of Peru. The community of parasites found consisted of nine species of parasites including monogeneans, copepods, trematodes and nematodes. The total body length of the fish was negatively correlated with the mean intensity of infestation of Pseudochauhanea sp. The mean abundance of Pseudochauhanea sp. also showed a marked significant difference between the populations of male and female fish, being more associated with males. We provide a list of macroparasites recorded in fish of the genus Sphyraena in the Eastern Pacific Ocean.
Start page
273
End page
287
Volume
19
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Zoología, Ornitología, Entomología, ciencias biológicas del comportamiento
Ciencia animal, Ciencia de productos lácteos
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85122527069
Source
Arxius de Miscellania Zoologica
ISSN of the container
16980476
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
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