Av. Gussev et al., NEW AND KNOWN SPECIES OF DACTYLOGYRUS-DIESING, 1850 (MONOGENEA, DACTYLOGYRIDAE) FROM IRANIAN FRESH-WATER CYPRINID FISHES, Systematic parasitology, 25(3), 1993, pp. 221-228
Three new Dactylogyrus species, D. rectotrabus n. sp. and D. acinacus
n. sp. from Garra rufa plus D. carassobarbi n. sp. from Carassobarbus
luteus are described from River Dez (Persian Gulf Basin) of Iran. Thre
e known species, D. haplogonus from Rutilus frisii kutum, D. chalcalbu
rni from Alburnus alburnus and Alburnoides bipunctatus, and D. pavlovs
kyi from Barbus sharpeyi are recorded from the Rivers Sefid (Caspian B
asin), Zayandeh (Central Iran) and Dez (Tigris-Euphrates Basin), respe
ctively. Comments on the monogenean fauna of Iranian freshwater fishes
are presented.