Metazoan parasites of Neogobius fishes in the Slovak section of the River Danube

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ONDRAČKOVÁ Markéta DÁVIDOVÁ Martina PEČÍNKOVÁ Martina BLAŽEK Radim GELNAR Milan VALOVÁ Zdenka ČERNÝ Jaroslav JURAJDA Pavel

Year of publication 2005
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Journal of Applied Ichthyology
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Faculty of Science

Citation
Field Ecology
Keywords Neogobius; parasites; invasive species
Description Metazoan parasites were investigated in three non-native fishes (monkey goby Neogobius fluviatilis, bighead goby Neogobius kessleri and round goby Neogobius melanostomus) collected from the former and current main channel of the River Danube and from the River Hron, Slovakia, in November 2003. Thirteen parasite species were identified: Triaenophorus crassus, Diplostomum sp., Tylodelphys clavata, Metorchis xanthosomus, Nicolla skrjabini, Gyrodactylus proterorhini, Pomphorhynchus laevis, Contracoecum sp., Raphidascaris acus, Anguillicola crassus, Unio tumidus, Anodonta anatina and Pseudoanodonta complanata. The maximum parasite diversity was found in N. fluviatilis. Total parasite abundance was significantly higher in N. kessleri, but no significant differences among sampling sites were observed. Pomphorhynchus laevis and glochidia of Anodonta anatina reached 100% prevalence in N. kessleri in the new channel of the Danube and, in general, these species were also the most prevalent parasites in all three goby species. For endoparasites, gobies served mostly as intermediate (digenean, cestodes and nematodes) or paratenic (acantocephalan and nematodes) hosts. All parasite species found are common parasites in the Middle Danube basin. No parasites specific to Neogobius, known from their native populations, were observed.
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