HELMINTHS OF THE CHARAL PRIETO, CHIROSTOMA-ATTENUATUM (OSTEICHTHYES, ATHERINIDAE) FROM PATZCUARO LAKE, MICHOACAN, MEXICO

Authors
DELEON GPP MENDOZA B PULIDO G
Citation
Gpp. Deleon et al., HELMINTHS OF THE CHARAL PRIETO, CHIROSTOMA-ATTENUATUM (OSTEICHTHYES, ATHERINIDAE) FROM PATZCUARO LAKE, MICHOACAN, MEXICO, Journal of the Helminthological Society of Washington, 61(1), 1994, pp. 139-141
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Zoology
Journal title
Journal of the Helminthological Society of Washington → ACNP
ISSN journal
1049233X
Volume
61
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
139 - 141
Database
ISI
SICI code
1049-233X(1994)61:1<139:HOTCPC>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
Eight helminth species (Posthodiplostomum minimum, Allocreadium mexica num, Bothriocephalus acheilognathi, a cyclophyllidean cysticercoid, Ar hythmorhynchus brevis, Spinitectus carolini, Capilaria patrcuarensis, and Eustrongylides sp.) were found in 195 fish, Chirostoma attenuatum, from Patzcuaro Lake from October 1989 to December 1990. Posthodiplost omum minimum had the highest prevalence and intensity. Our findings re present new host records.