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Issue: Vol. 2327 No. 1: 4 Jan. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-01-04
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2327.1.3
Page range: 44–50
Abstract views: 48
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Helminth parasites of some freshwater fishes from Baja California Sur, Mexico

Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Biología, Laboratorio de Helmintología, Apartado Postal 70-153 CP 04510, México D. F., Mexico
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Biología, Laboratorio de Helmintología, Apartado Postal 70-153 CP 04510, México D. F., Mexico
Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas y Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, Laboratorio de Parasitología de Animales Silvestres, Avenida Universidad 1001, Colonia Chamilpa, CP 62209, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Biología, Laboratorio de Helmintología, Apartado Postal 70-153 CP 04510, México D. F., Mexico
Platyhelminthes Trematoda metacercariae Monogenea Cestoda Acanthocephala Nematoda survey inventory freshwater fish Poeciliidae Fundulus oases Baja California Peninsula Mexico

Abstract

Nine freshwater fish species were sampled from 13 bodies of water in Baja California Sur state, on the Baja California peninsula, Mexico. Twenty-four helminth parasite species of 19 genera and from 13 families were recorded. All are new records for the region, but have been recorded previously in Mexico. No endemic helminth species were identified. Most helminths were larval forms of generalist Nearctic species transported by ichthyophagous birds, in addition to five anthropogenically introduced species. Poeciliid fish are the most widely distributed in the oases and other waters of Baja California Sur, and their helminths are the most common on the peninsula.

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