NEW RECORDS OF SOME DIGENETIC TREMATODES IN SOME MARINE FISHES FROM IRAQ

Abstract

parasitological investigation of diagenetictrematodes in three fish species from Iraqi marine territorial waters was conducted from December 2021 to December 2022. The study identified five trematode species belonging tothe families Hemiuridae, Acanthocolpidae, and Opecoelidae. Lecithocladium angustiovumYamaguti, 1953, found in the intestines of the black pomfret Parastromateus niger(Bloch, 1795) (Hemiuridae).Three species of acanthocolpid trematodes, Monostephanostomum loossi(Pandey & Tewari, 1984), Stephanostomum ditrematis(Yamaguti, 1939), and Stephanostomumsp., were recorded in the greater amberjack Seriola dumerili(Risso, 1810) Additionally,Pseudopecoeloides tenuisYamaguti, 1940 (Opecoelidae) was recorded in thepurple-spotted bigeyes Priacanthus tayenusRichardson, 1810. Except for L. angustiovum, all of these parasites were recorded for the first time in Iraq and the Arabian Gulf.

Keywords

• fish
• iraq
• marine
• monogenoidea