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Two new species of Trichodina Ehrenberg, 1830 were described from the skin, fins and gills of Asi... more Two new species of Trichodina Ehrenberg, 1830 were described from the skin, fins and gills of Asian catfish, Silurus triostigus Heckel, 1843 from Greater Zab river passing Guwer district in Erbil city, Kurdistan region in the north of Iraq, between June 2007 and July 2008. These are T. erbilensis and T. kurdistani. Taxonomic and morphometric data for these trichodinids based on wet silver nitrate impregnated specimens were presented. The adhesive disc of these two species are probably more closely related to those of T. gobii and T. ranae respectively.

A total of 210 common carp Cyprinus carpio were collected from Ainkawa fish hatchery, northwest o... more A total of 210 common carp Cyprinus carpio were collected from Ainkawa fish hatchery, northwest of Erbil city, Kurdistan region, Iraq, during the period from August 2010 until the end of May 2011. The fishes were examined for protozoans parasites. The study revealed the existence of six species of these parasites namely: Chilodonella cyprini, Ichthyophthirius multifiliis, Trichodina acuta, T. nobilis, T. reticulata and Apiosoma amoebae. The ciliated protozoan T. reticulata was recorded for the first time in Kurdistan region. Also, C. carpio is regarded as a new host for this parasite (T. reticulata) in Iraq. Introduction The history of aquaculture in Iraq can be traced back to the mid to late 20th century, when the common carp Cyprinus carpio was introduced for the first time in 1955 into Al-Zaafaraniya fish farm at Baghdad city (Mhaisen, 1993). But in Kurdistan region, the culture industry developed only during the last twenty years or so, and now spread to many farms in the region...

The monogenetic trematoda Dactylogyrus fallax Wagener, 1857 was recorded in the present study for... more The monogenetic trematoda Dactylogyrus fallax Wagener, 1857 was recorded in the present study for the first time in Iraq from gill of the Chalcalburnus mossulensis (family Cyprinidae) were collected from Greater Zab river in Kurdistan region, Iraq during the period from September 2005 to the end of December 2005, with percentage incidence of infection 40%. The description and measurements of this parasite were given.

A total of 226 freshwater fishes, belonging to 14 species, were collected from Darbandikhan Lake,... more A total of 226 freshwater fishes, belonging to 14 species, were collected from Darbandikhan Lake, southeast of Sulaimania city, Kurdistan region, Iraq, from March 2012 to the end of October 2012. The fishes were examined for monogeneans parasites. The study revealed the existence of 25 species of parasites including 20 species of Dactylogyrus, three species of Dogielius and two species of Gyrodactylus. Five species of these parasites (D. dyki, D. persis, D. mascomi, D. suchengtaii and G. molnari) were recorded for the first time in Iraq, and four species (D. barbiodies, D. formosus, D. lenkorani and G. sprostonae) were recorded in Kurdistan region. Also, some fish species were recorded as new hosts for some parasite species. The present study revealed that D. suchengtaii and D. carassobarbi had the highest prevalence f 100% and 90.90%, respectively in the lake. Introduction The monogeneans are group of ectoparasites living on the skin, fins and gills representing the largest group o...

A total of 48 specimens of the catfish Silurus glanis were collected from Greater Zab River as we... more A total of 48 specimens of the catfish Silurus glanis were collected from Greater Zab River as well as 36 specimens from the Lesser Zab River, Kurdistan Region, north of Iraq. The examination of fishes cleared the presence of the cestode Postgangesia inermata which was identified by using compound light microscope and scanning ultrastructure microscopy. Also histological sections were prepared and a molecular study was performed by amplification and sequencing of 1srDNA. Introduction Tapeworms of the genus Postgangesia Akhmerov, 1969 (Cestoda: Proteocephalidea) are parasitic in freshwater fishes, especially in Siluridae from Russia and Iraq (5). Members of this genus are characterized by having an apical organ, scolex and neck with spines, ovary is bilobed and massive, uterus with lateral diverticula, outgrowths begin anteriorly, vitellaria are lateral in cortex, testes, ovary and uterus medullary and genital pores are median (8). In Iraq, only one species was recorded namely P. ine...

Systematic …, 2009

Two species of Rhabdochona Railliet, 1916 (Nematoda: Rhabdochonidae) were recorded from cyprinid ... more Two species of Rhabdochona Railliet, 1916 (Nematoda: Rhabdochonidae) were recorded from cyprinid fishes in the basin of the River Tigris, northern Iraq: adults of R. (R.) tigridis Rahemo, 1978 (emend.) from Capoeta trutta (Heckel) and Cyprinion macrostomum Heckel and fourth-stage larvae of R. (Globochona) sp. from C. macrostomum, Barbus barbulus Heckel and Barbus kersin Heckel. Light and scanning electron microscopical studies of this material made possible a detailed redescription of R. tigridis, which is characterised by 14 anterior prostomal teeth and filamented eggs. It differs from the most similar species, R. fortunatowi Dinnik, 1933, mainly in the presence of large deirids close to the prostom. R. grandipapillata Rahemo & Kasim, 1979 is considered a junior synonym of R. tigridis. Fourth-stage larvae of Rhabdochona (G.) sp., characterised by eight anterior prostomal teeth and the presence of caudal processes on the tail tip, represent the first record of a Rhabdochona species of the subgenus Globochona Moravec, 1972 in Iraq.

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A total of 200 common carp Cyprinus carpio were collected in Ainkawa fish hatchery, situated nort... more A total of 200 common carp Cyprinus carpio were collected in Ainkawa fish hatchery, situated northwest of Erbil city, Kurdistan region-Iraq, from November 2006 to the end of July 2007. These fishes were examined for ectoparasites. The study reveals the existence of ten species of parasites including: four species of protozoa belonging to the Class Ciliata (Chilodonella cyprini, Tetrahymena pyriformis, Ichthyophthirius multifiliis and Apiosoma amoebae), four species of monogenetic trematodes (Dactylogyrus arcuatus, D. extensus, D. minutus and Gyrodactylus elegans) and two species of crustaceans (Argulus foliaceus and Lernaea cyprinacea). Five species of these parasites are considered the first record in Kurdistan region.

Folia Parasitologica, 2013

Mastacembelocleidus gen. n. (Monogenoidea: Dactylogyridae) is proposed to include two species col... more Mastacembelocleidus gen. n. (Monogenoidea: Dactylogyridae) is proposed to include two species collected and redescribed from spiny eels (Mastacembelidae) in India and Iraq: Mastacembelocleidus bam (Tripathi, 1959) comb. n. (syn. Ancyrocephalus bam Tripathi, 1959) from the gills of Macrognathus pancalus (new host record) and Macrognathus aculeatus (Synbranchiformes: Mastacembelidae) from Lucknow, India; and Mastacembelocleidus heteranchorus (Kulkarni, 1969) comb. n. (syn. Urocleidus heteranchorus Kulkarni, 1969) from the gills of Mastacembelus armatus from Lucknow, India, and Mastacembelus mastacembelus (new host record) from the environs of Erbil, Iraq (new locality record). Urocleidus rhyncobdelli Jain, 1959, Haliotrema tandani Agrawal et Singh, 1982 and Urocleidus raipurensis Dubey, Gupta et Agarwal, 1992 are considered junior subjective synonyms of M. bam.

Folia parasitologica, 2003

Abstract. Neoechinorhynchus (Neoechinorhynchus) zabensis sp. n. (Acanthocephala: Neoechinorhynchi... more Abstract. Neoechinorhynchus (Neoechinorhynchus) zabensis sp. n. (Acanthocephala: Neoechinorhynchidae) is described from Capoeta damascina (Valenciennes, 1842) (type host) and Capoeta trutta (Heckel, 1843) in the Greater and Lesser Zab Rivers, northern ...

Two new species of Trichodina Ehrenberg, 1830 were described from the skin, fins and gills of Asi... more Two new species of Trichodina Ehrenberg, 1830 were described from the skin, fins and gills of Asian catfish, Silurus triostigus Heckel, 1843 from Greater Zab river passing Guwer district in Erbil city, Kurdistan region in the north of Iraq, between June 2007 and July 2008. These are T. erbilensis and T. kurdistani. Taxonomic and morphometric data for these trichodinids based on wet silver nitrate impregnated specimens were presented. The adhesive disc of these two species are probably more closely related to those of T. gobii and T. ranae respectively.

A total of 210 common carp Cyprinus carpio were collected from Ainkawa fish hatchery, northwest o... more A total of 210 common carp Cyprinus carpio were collected from Ainkawa fish hatchery, northwest of Erbil city, Kurdistan region, Iraq, during the period from August 2010 until the end of May 2011. The fishes were examined for protozoans parasites. The study revealed the existence of six species of these parasites namely: Chilodonella cyprini, Ichthyophthirius multifiliis, Trichodina acuta, T. nobilis, T. reticulata and Apiosoma amoebae. The ciliated protozoan T. reticulata was recorded for the first time in Kurdistan region. Also, C. carpio is regarded as a new host for this parasite (T. reticulata) in Iraq. Introduction The history of aquaculture in Iraq can be traced back to the mid to late 20th century, when the common carp Cyprinus carpio was introduced for the first time in 1955 into Al-Zaafaraniya fish farm at Baghdad city (Mhaisen, 1993). But in Kurdistan region, the culture industry developed only during the last twenty years or so, and now spread to many farms in the region...

The monogenetic trematoda Dactylogyrus fallax Wagener, 1857 was recorded in the present study for... more The monogenetic trematoda Dactylogyrus fallax Wagener, 1857 was recorded in the present study for the first time in Iraq from gill of the Chalcalburnus mossulensis (family Cyprinidae) were collected from Greater Zab river in Kurdistan region, Iraq during the period from September 2005 to the end of December 2005, with percentage incidence of infection 40%. The description and measurements of this parasite were given.

A total of 226 freshwater fishes, belonging to 14 species, were collected from Darbandikhan Lake,... more A total of 226 freshwater fishes, belonging to 14 species, were collected from Darbandikhan Lake, southeast of Sulaimania city, Kurdistan region, Iraq, from March 2012 to the end of October 2012. The fishes were examined for monogeneans parasites. The study revealed the existence of 25 species of parasites including 20 species of Dactylogyrus, three species of Dogielius and two species of Gyrodactylus. Five species of these parasites (D. dyki, D. persis, D. mascomi, D. suchengtaii and G. molnari) were recorded for the first time in Iraq, and four species (D. barbiodies, D. formosus, D. lenkorani and G. sprostonae) were recorded in Kurdistan region. Also, some fish species were recorded as new hosts for some parasite species. The present study revealed that D. suchengtaii and D. carassobarbi had the highest prevalence f 100% and 90.90%, respectively in the lake. Introduction The monogeneans are group of ectoparasites living on the skin, fins and gills representing the largest group o...

A total of 48 specimens of the catfish Silurus glanis were collected from Greater Zab River as we... more A total of 48 specimens of the catfish Silurus glanis were collected from Greater Zab River as well as 36 specimens from the Lesser Zab River, Kurdistan Region, north of Iraq. The examination of fishes cleared the presence of the cestode Postgangesia inermata which was identified by using compound light microscope and scanning ultrastructure microscopy. Also histological sections were prepared and a molecular study was performed by amplification and sequencing of 1srDNA. Introduction Tapeworms of the genus Postgangesia Akhmerov, 1969 (Cestoda: Proteocephalidea) are parasitic in freshwater fishes, especially in Siluridae from Russia and Iraq (5). Members of this genus are characterized by having an apical organ, scolex and neck with spines, ovary is bilobed and massive, uterus with lateral diverticula, outgrowths begin anteriorly, vitellaria are lateral in cortex, testes, ovary and uterus medullary and genital pores are median (8). In Iraq, only one species was recorded namely P. ine...

Systematic …, 2009

Two species of Rhabdochona Railliet, 1916 (Nematoda: Rhabdochonidae) were recorded from cyprinid ... more Two species of Rhabdochona Railliet, 1916 (Nematoda: Rhabdochonidae) were recorded from cyprinid fishes in the basin of the River Tigris, northern Iraq: adults of R. (R.) tigridis Rahemo, 1978 (emend.) from Capoeta trutta (Heckel) and Cyprinion macrostomum Heckel and fourth-stage larvae of R. (Globochona) sp. from C. macrostomum, Barbus barbulus Heckel and Barbus kersin Heckel. Light and scanning electron microscopical studies of this material made possible a detailed redescription of R. tigridis, which is characterised by 14 anterior prostomal teeth and filamented eggs. It differs from the most similar species, R. fortunatowi Dinnik, 1933, mainly in the presence of large deirids close to the prostom. R. grandipapillata Rahemo & Kasim, 1979 is considered a junior synonym of R. tigridis. Fourth-stage larvae of Rhabdochona (G.) sp., characterised by eight anterior prostomal teeth and the presence of caudal processes on the tail tip, represent the first record of a Rhabdochona species of the subgenus Globochona Moravec, 1972 in Iraq.

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A total of 200 common carp Cyprinus carpio were collected in Ainkawa fish hatchery, situated nort... more A total of 200 common carp Cyprinus carpio were collected in Ainkawa fish hatchery, situated northwest of Erbil city, Kurdistan region-Iraq, from November 2006 to the end of July 2007. These fishes were examined for ectoparasites. The study reveals the existence of ten species of parasites including: four species of protozoa belonging to the Class Ciliata (Chilodonella cyprini, Tetrahymena pyriformis, Ichthyophthirius multifiliis and Apiosoma amoebae), four species of monogenetic trematodes (Dactylogyrus arcuatus, D. extensus, D. minutus and Gyrodactylus elegans) and two species of crustaceans (Argulus foliaceus and Lernaea cyprinacea). Five species of these parasites are considered the first record in Kurdistan region.

Folia Parasitologica, 2013

Mastacembelocleidus gen. n. (Monogenoidea: Dactylogyridae) is proposed to include two species col... more Mastacembelocleidus gen. n. (Monogenoidea: Dactylogyridae) is proposed to include two species collected and redescribed from spiny eels (Mastacembelidae) in India and Iraq: Mastacembelocleidus bam (Tripathi, 1959) comb. n. (syn. Ancyrocephalus bam Tripathi, 1959) from the gills of Macrognathus pancalus (new host record) and Macrognathus aculeatus (Synbranchiformes: Mastacembelidae) from Lucknow, India; and Mastacembelocleidus heteranchorus (Kulkarni, 1969) comb. n. (syn. Urocleidus heteranchorus Kulkarni, 1969) from the gills of Mastacembelus armatus from Lucknow, India, and Mastacembelus mastacembelus (new host record) from the environs of Erbil, Iraq (new locality record). Urocleidus rhyncobdelli Jain, 1959, Haliotrema tandani Agrawal et Singh, 1982 and Urocleidus raipurensis Dubey, Gupta et Agarwal, 1992 are considered junior subjective synonyms of M. bam.

Folia parasitologica, 2003

Abstract. Neoechinorhynchus (Neoechinorhynchus) zabensis sp. n. (Acanthocephala: Neoechinorhynchi... more Abstract. Neoechinorhynchus (Neoechinorhynchus) zabensis sp. n. (Acanthocephala: Neoechinorhynchidae) is described from Capoeta damascina (Valenciennes, 1842) (type host) and Capoeta trutta (Heckel, 1843) in the Greater and Lesser Zab Rivers, northern ...