<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Specimens of the characid fish Brycon hilarii collected in dry and wet seasons in the River Juba, Tangará da Serra, State of Mato Grosso, Brazil, were surveyed for nematode parasites. Contracaecum sp. Type 1 and Type 2 larvae of Moravec, Kohn et Fernandes, 1993 were detected in the mesentery and liver, and Neocucullanus neocucullanus and Procamallanus (Spirocamallanus) inopinatus were observed in the intestine and pyloric caeca 75% of the nematodes were detected in the wet season. This is the first report of fish parasites from the River Juba and of the occurrence of Contracaecum larvae in B. hilarii.</p></abstract>

Specimens of the characid fish Brycon hilarii collected in dry and wet seasons in the River Juba, Tangará da Serra, State of Mato Grosso, Brazil, were surveyed for nematode parasites. Contracaecum sp. Type 1 and Type 2 larvae of Moravec, Kohn et Fernandes, 1993 were detected in the mesentery and liver, and Neocucullanus neocucullanus and Procamallanus (Spirocamallanus) inopinatus were observed in the intestine and pyloric caeca 75% of the nematodes were detected in the wet season. This is the first report of fish parasites from the River Juba and of the occurrence of Contracaecum larvae in B. hilarii.

Nematode parasites of the characid fish Brycon hilarii from the River Juba, Mato Grosso, Brazil

Departamento de Zoologia e Antropologia, Faculdade de Ciências do Porto, Praça Gomes Teixeira, 4099-002, Porto, Portugal

CIIMAR Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Rua dos Bragas, 289, 4050-123, Porto, Portugal

Fundação Universidade do Estado do Mato Grosso, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, ICNT, Tangará da Serra, MT, Brazil

Biologia Animal e Vegetal, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, CCB, Londrina PR, Brazil

Helminthologia

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Specimens of the characid fish Brycon hilarii collected in dry and wet seasons in the River Juba, Tangará da Serra, State of Mato Grosso, Brazil, were surveyed...

Nematode parasites of the characid fish Brycon hilarii from the River Juba, Mato Grosso, Brazil

Published Online: Jun 01, 2006

Page range: 158 - 160

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s11687-006-0029-6

Keywords
characid fish, Brycon hilarii, nematodes, Brazil

© 2006 Institute of Parasitology, SAS, Košice, Slovakia

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Nematode parasites of the characid fish Brycon hilarii from the River Juba, Mato Grosso, Brazil

Published Online: Jun 01, 2006

Page range: 158 - 160

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s11687-006-0029-6

Keywordscharacid fish, Brycon hilarii, nematodes, Brazil

© 2006 Institute of Parasitology, SAS, Košice, Slovakia

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
characid fish, Brycon hilarii, nematodes, Brazil