Parasites on different ornamental fish species in Turkey

Abstract

Türkiye'nin Değişik Süs Balık Türlerindeki Parazitler Türkiye'de 2009 ve 2010 yılları arasında farklı akvaryum balık türleri, (Astronotus ocellatus, astronot ya da oscar (n=3), Carassius auratus, japon (n=11), Symphsodon discus, diskus (n=3), Betta splendens, beta (n=2), Poecilia reticulata, lepistes (n=5), Cichlasoma nigrofasciatum, konvikt çiklid (n=13), Labidochromis caeruleus, sarı prenses (n=8), Pterophyllum scalare, melek (n=2), Poecilia sphenops, siyah moli (n=3) ve Heros efesciatus, severum (n=5)) parazitik yönden incelendi. Balıklardan Dactylogyrus sp., Gyrodactylus sp. (Monogenea), Epistylis sp. Chilodonella cyprini, Ichthyophthirius multifiliis, Tetrahymena sp., Trichodina spp., Vorticella sp. (Ciliates), Hexamita sp., Ichthyobodo necator (flagellates) ve Piscinoodinium pillulare (Dinoflagellate) parazitleri izole edildi. I. multifiliis, I. necator ve Trichodina spp. bütün parazitler arasında en yüksek prevalansa (%16.36) sahip parazitler olarak kaydedildi. İncelenen 55 balıktan 50'sinin (%90.90) parazitlerle enfeste olduğu belirlendi. Aynı zamanda Vorticella sp. Cichlasoma nigrofasciatum'un salungaçlarından, Piscinoodinium pillulare ise Betta splendens'in derisinden ilk kez bu çalışmada rapor edilmiştir

Different ornamental fish species, astronot Astronotus ocellatus (n=3), goldfish Carassius auratus (n=11), discus Symphsodon discus, (n=3), beta Betta splendens, (n=2), guppy Poecilia reticulata, (n=5), convict cichlid Cichlasoma nigrofasciatum, (n=13), blue streak hap Labidochromis caeruleus, (n=8), angelfish Pterophyllum scalare, (n=2), black molly Poecilia sphenops, (n=3) and severum Heros efasciatus, (n=5) were sampled from Turkey between 2009 and 2010. Dactylogyrus sp., Gyrodactylus sp. (Monogenea), Epistylis sp. Chilodonella cyprini, Ichthyophthirius multifiliis, Tetrahymena sp., Trichodina spp., Vorticella sp. (Ciliates), Hexamita sp., Ichthyobodo necator (flagellates) and Piscinoodinium pillulare (Dinoflagellate) were identified from those sampled fish. I. multifiliis, I. necator and Trichodina spp. were observed as highest prevalence (16.36%) in all parasites. From a total 55 examined fishes, 50 (90.90%) fish were parasitized. Vorticella sp. was reported as a first record from the gills of Cichlasoma nigrofasciatum and also Piscinoodinium pillulare was reported for the first time from Betta splendens in the country