<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The investigation of fish parasites in Bosnia and Herzegovina in recent years became significant, and therefore new records of parasitic trematodes and their hosts are important for better understanding of fish parasitology and pathology. In this study 41 parasitic specimens were collected and the basic taxonomical characters were measured (body length and width, diameter of oral and ventral sucker, length and width of pharynx, ovary length and width, testes length and width and eggs length and width). After the sampling of the parasites, they were collected and conserved in 70% ethanol. After that procedure the aforementioned characters were measured using Digimizer Image Analyzer Version 4.1. After all measurements, the trematode parasite <italic>Azygia robusta</italic> was confirmed for the first time on brown trout <italic>Salmo trutta</italic>. This first record was found in the Vrbas River near Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina (Sava River Basin). Former records of this parasite in Europe were observed on other salmonid fish species, as huchen <italic>Hucho hucho</italic>. This new record should be very important part of data of fish parasitology in Bosnia and Herzegovina.</p></abstract>

The investigation of fish parasites in Bosnia and Herzegovina in recent years became significant, and therefore new records of parasitic trematodes and their hosts are important for better understanding of fish parasitology and pathology. In this study 41 parasitic specimens were collected and the basic taxonomical characters were measured (body length and width, diameter of oral and ventral sucker, length and width of pharynx, ovary length and width, testes length and width and eggs length and width). After the sampling of the parasites, they were collected and conserved in 70% ethanol. After that procedure the aforementioned characters were measured using Digimizer Image Analyzer Version 4.1. After all measurements, the trematode parasite Azygia robusta was confirmed for the first time on brown trout Salmo trutta. This first record was found in the Vrbas River near Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina (Sava River Basin). Former records of this parasite in Europe were observed on other salmonid fish species, as huchen Hucho hucho. This new record should be very important part of data of fish parasitology in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

First record of <italic>Azygia robusta</italic> (Odhner, 1911) (Trematoda: Digenea: Azygiidae) in brown trout (<italic>Salmo trutta)</italic> in the VRBAS River

University of Belgrade Faculty of Biology

Institute of Biological Research “Siniša Stanković”

Croatian Journal of Fisheries

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First record of  (Odhner, 1911) (Trematoda: Digenea: Azygiidae) in brown trout ( in the VRBAS River

The investigation of fish parasites in Bosnia and Herzegovina in recent years became significant, and therefore new records of parasitic trematodes and their...

First record of Azygia robusta (Odhner, 1911) (Trematoda: Digenea: Azygiidae) in brown trout (Salmo trutta) in the VRBAS River

Published Online: Jun 19, 2018

Page range: 85 - 88

Received: Oct 03, 2017

Accepted: Apr 03, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cjf-2018-0011

Keywords
Parasites, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Trematodes, New record

© 2017 Vera Nikolić et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

First record of Azygia robusta (Odhner, 1911) (Trematoda: Digenea: Azygiidae) in brown trout (Salmo trutta) in the VRBAS River

Published Online: Jun 19, 2018

Page range: 85 - 88

Received: Oct 03, 2017

Accepted: Apr 03, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cjf-2018-0011

KeywordsParasites, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Trematodes, New record

© 2017 Vera Nikolić et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
Parasites, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Trematodes, New record