Parasitic helminths infecting <i>Eucinostomus melanopterus</i> and <i>Eugerres plumieri</i> (Perciformes: Gerreidae), from Boca del Rio, Veracruz, México

Abstract

A helminthological examination was carried out on 14 specimens of Eucinostomus melanopterus (flagfin mojarra) and 19 Eugerres plumieri (striped mojarra), of which a total of 461 helminths were collected. As a result, and 12 taxa were registered (five species, five genus and tow family), as follows: four monogeneans, five digeneans (four adults, one metacercaria), one cestode (larva) and tow nematodes (larvae). The highest prevalence was for Neodiplectanum mexicanum (29 %) infecting E. melanopterus and Aristocleidus hastatus (37 %) infecting E. plumieri. Both hosts shared 50 % of recorded species, and none of the identified helminthes represents a zoonotic risk.

Keywords

• Helminth
• mean intensity
• parasites
• prevalence