Fauna parasitária de cachara Pseudoplatystoma fasciatum (Siluriforme: Pimelodidae) do rio Aquidauana, Pantanal Sul Mato-grossense, Brasil - DOI: 10.4025/actascibiolsci.v30i1.1469

Cristiane Meldau de Campos; Victor Eloy da Fonseca; Ricardo Massato Takemoto; Flávio Ruas de Moraes

doi:10.4025/actascibiolsci.v30i1.1469

Parasitic fauna of cachara Pseudoplatystoma fasciatum (Siluriforme: Pimelodidae) from the Aquidauana River, in the Pantanal of Mato Grosso do Sul State, Brazil - DOI: 10.4025/actascibiolsci.v30i1.1469

Cristiane Meldau de Campos UEMS
Victor Eloy da Fonseca UEMS
Ricardo Massato Takemoto UEM
Flávio Ruas de Moraes UNESP

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4025/actascibiolsci.v30i1.1469

Abstract

In this work are presented data for mean abundance, prevalence and mean intensity of infection in 34 specimens of Pseudoplatystoma fasciatum, commonly called cacharas. Fish were captured using nets in the Aquidauana River during March, September and November 2003, October 2004 and October 2005. All analyzed fish were infected. Nineteen species of parasites were collected – seven of them were proteocephalid cestodes, three monogeneans, one species of digeneans, three nematodes, one acanthocephalan, one crustacean, one pentastomid and two species of myxosporeans. The first records of Harriscolex kaparari and Megathylacus travassosi in P. fasciatum in the Aquidauana River were observed. Monogeneans featured the highest prevalence (100%), followed by cestodes (91.18%) and nematodes (58.82%)

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Author Biography

Cristiane Meldau de Campos, UEMS

Graduada em Ciências Biológicas pela Universidade Estadual de Mato Grosso do Sul (1992), possui mestrado em Desenvolvimento Sustentável pela Universidade de Brasília (2001) e doutorado em Aqüicultura pela Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho (2006). Desde 1998 é professora da Universidade Estadual de Mato Grosso do Sul. Tem experiência na área de Piscicultura, com ênfase em Ictioparasitologia, atuando principalmente nos seguintes temas: parasitologia e histopatologia de peixes Currículo Lattes

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Published

2008-03-28

How to Cite

Campos, C. M. de, Fonseca, V. E. da, Takemoto, R. M., & Moraes, F. R. de. (2008). Parasitic fauna of cachara Pseudoplatystoma fasciatum (Siluriforme: Pimelodidae) from the Aquidauana River, in the Pantanal of Mato Grosso do Sul State, Brazil - DOI: 10.4025/actascibiolsci.v30i1.1469. Acta Scientiarum. Biological Sciences, 30(1), 91-96. https://doi.org/10.4025/actascibiolsci.v30i1.1469

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Vol 30 No 1 (2008)

Section

Parasitology

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