<b>Ecological aspects of the parasites of <em>Iheringichthys labrosus</em> (Lütken, 1874) (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae) in reservoirs of Paraná basin and upper Paraná floodplain, Brazil</b> - DOI: 10.4025/actascibiolsci.v27i4.1265

Abstract

Sixty-two specimens of Iheringichthys labrosus, captured in Rosana, Taquaruçú, Salto Grande and Canoas I reservoirs, located in the Paraná River basin, were necropsied. Fifty specimens were parasited by at least one species (80.65%). Six parasite species were recorded: one species of Dactylogyridae; one species of Apocreadiidae; one species of Proteocephalidea; Procamallanus (Spirocamallanus) pimelodus Pinto, Fábio, Noronha e Rolas, 1974; Quadrigyrus sp.; and Ergasilus sp. Thirty-five specimens of Iheringichthys labrosus were captured in Upper Paraná River floodplain. Thirteen specimens were parasited by at least one species (37.14%). Five parasites species were found: Herpetodiplostomum gymnoti larvae; one species of Proteocephalidea; Procamallanus (Spirocamallanus) pimelodus; Contracaecum sp. Type 1 larvae of Moravec, Kohn and Fernandes, 1993; and Quadrigyrus sp. In both study sites, the prevalence and parasitism abundance were not correlated with hosts standard length. There were significant differences between prevalence and parasites species abundance according to fishes’ sex only in upper Paraná floodplain. Moreover, the parasitism abundance did not influence the host condition factor in both sites. Parasites infra communities from the fishes of both sites comparison presented a similarity of 54.54%