Checklist of helminth parasites of Striped Red Mullet, Mullus surmuletus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Perciformes: Mullidae), caught in the Bay of Kristel , Algeria (western Mediterranean)

Maya Hassani; Ahmed Kerfouf; Zitouni Boutiba

doi:10.15560/11.1.1504

Check List 11(1): e19102, doi: 10.15560/11.1.1504

Checklist of helminth parasites of Striped Red Mullet, Mullus surmuletus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Perciformes: Mullidae), caught in the Bay of Kristel , Algeria (western Mediterranean)

Maya Meriem Hassani^‡, Ahmed Kerfouf^‡, Zitouni Boutiba^§

‡ Université Sidi Bel Abbes, Algeria§ Université Oran, Algeria

Corresponding author: Maya Hassani ( mayahassani@live.com )

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Citation: Hassani M, Kerfouf A, Boutiba Z (2014) Checklist of helminth parasites of Striped Red Mullet, Mullus surmuletus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Perciformes: Mullidae), caught in the Bay of Kristel , Algeria (western Mediterranean). Check List 11(1): 1504. https://doi.org/10.15560/11.1.1504

Abstract

This investigation on the parasitic biodiversity of Striped Red Mullet, Mullus surmuletus, revealed the presence of 14 parasite species, including seven species of Digenea, four species of Nematoda, two species of Acanthocephala, and one Cestoda. Opecoelides furcatus and Proctotrema bacilliovatum are the most prevalent digenean species, present in 70% and 17% of the fish specimens analyzed, respectively. Concerning nematode species, Hysterothylacium fabri, Ascarophis valentina and Cucullanus longicollis have shown a prevalence of 66%, 17% and 8% respectively, among all specimens of M. surmuletus analyzed.

Keywords

Mullidae; helminth parasites; Northwestern Africa; Mediterranean Sea