Seasonality of Procamallanus (Spirocamallanus) inopinatus (Nematoda: Camallanidae) Infection in Bryconops melanurus (Characiformes: Iguanodectidae)
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https://doi.org/10.20950/1678-2305.2018.44.4.334Keywords:
Amazon, fish, camallanid, parasitology, flooding, host-parasite relationshipAbstract
This study evaluates the host-parasite-environment relationship between the parasitic nematode Procamallanus (Spirocamallanus) inopinatus and the fish host Bryconops melanurus, as well as reports the seasonal occurrence of the parasite in the host. The study was performed in a total of 78 fish collected from a tributary of Caeté River, Bragança, PA, Northern Brazil. The nematode was present in several organs (stomach, pyloric caecum, anterior intestine, posterior intestine) from 76 out of 78 fish specimens. For each location the prevalence and mean intensity of the infection are provided. The level of parasitism was not influenced by the month of capture, but higher parasitic loads were observed in pyloric caecum and posterior intestine during the rainy season (March to June 2007). Seasonal fish host-nematode relationship can be influenced by fish feeding behaviour patterns associated with flood period variations.
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APRILE, F.; DARWICH, A.J. 2013 Nutrients and water-forest interactions in an Amazon floodplain lake: an ecological approach. Acta Limnologica Brasiliensia, 25(2): 169-182.
BENIGNO, R.N.M.; CLEMENTE, S.C.S.; MATOS, E.R.; PINTO, R.M.; GOMES, D.C.; KNOFF. M. 2012 Nematodes in Hoplerytrinus unitaeniatus, Hoplias malabaricus and Pygocentrus nattereri (Pisces Characiformes) in Marajó Island, Brazil. Brazilian Journal of Veterinary Parasitology, 21(2): 165-170.
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CURRAN, S.S. 2008 Two new species of Creptotrema (Digenea: Allocreadiidae) from South America. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 79(1): 15S-21S.
DE, N.C.; MAITY, R.N. 2000 Development of Procamallanus saccobranchi (Nematoda: Camallanidae), a parasite of a freshwater fish in India. Folia Parasitologica, 47(3): 216-226.
EIRAS, J.C. 1994 Elementos de ictioparasitologia, Porto: Fundação Eng. Antonio de Almeida, 339p.
EIRAS, J.C.; TAKEMOTO, R.M.; PAVANELLI, G.C. 2006 Métodos de estudo e técnicas laboratoriais em parasitologia de peixes. 2ª ed., Maringá: UEM, 171p.
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FISCHER, C., MALTA, J. C.; D. O.; VARELLA, A. M. B. 2003 The fauna of parasites of the tambaqui, Colossoma macropomum (Cuvier, 1818) (Characiformes: Characidae) from middle Solimões River and lower Amazonas River and their potential as biological indicators. Acta amazônica, 33(4), 651-662.
FUJIMOTO, R.Y.; VENDRUSCOLO, L.; SCHALCH, S.H.C.; MORAES, F.R. 2006 Evaluation of three different methods for control of monogeneans and Capillaria sp. (Nematoda: Capillariidae), parasites of angel fish (Pterophyllum scalare Liechtenstein, 1823). Boletim do Instituto de Pesca, 32(2): 183-190.
FUJIMOTO, R.Y; SARMENTO, A.M.B.; DINIZ, D.G.; EIRAS, J.C. 2012 Nematode parasites of Pescada Gó, Macrodon ancylodon Bloch and Schneider, 1801 (Osteichthyes, Sciaenidae), from Vila dos Pescadores, Bragança-PA, Brazil. Braz. Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology [online], 55(6): 865-870.
GAMA, C.S.; HALBOTH, D.A. 2003 Ictiofauna das ressacas das Bacias do Igarapé da Fortaleza e do Rio Curiaú. In: TAKIYAMA, L.R.; SILVA, A.Q. Diagnóstico das Ressacas do Estado do Amapá: Bacias do Igarapé da Fortaleza e Rio Curiaú, Macapá-AP. Macapá: Cpaq/Iepa E Dgeo/Sema, p. 23-52.
GOATER, C.P.; BALDWIN, R.E.; SCRIMGEOUR, G.J. 2005 Physico-chemical determinants of helminth component community structure in whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformes) from adjacent lakes in Northern Alberta, Canada. Parasitology, 131(5): 713-722.
GORAYEB, A.; LOMBARDO, M.A.; PEREIRA, L.C.C. 2010 Qualidade da água e abastecimento na Amazônia: o exemplo da bacia hidrográfica do rio Caeté (water quality and public supply conditions in the amazon region: the example of the Caeté´ s hydrographic river basin, eastern amazon, Brazil). Revista Mercator, 9(18): 135-157.
LIZAMA, M.A.P.; TAKEMOTO, R.M.; PAVANELLI, G.C. 2006 Influence of the seasonal and environmental patterns and host reproduction on the metazoan parasites of Prochilodus lineatus. Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology, 4(49): 611-622.
MARTINS, M.L.; TAVARES-DIAS, M.; FUJIMOTO, R.Y.; ONAKA, E.M.; NOMURA, D.T. 2004 Haematological alterations of Leporinus macrocephalus (Osteichthyes: Anostomidae) naturally infected by Goezia leporini (Nematoda: Anisakidae) in fish pond. Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, 56(5): 640-646.
MORAVEC, F. 1994 Parasitic Nematodes of Freshwater Fishes of Europe. Institute of Parasitology, Prage: Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, 462p.
MORAVEC, F.; THATCHER, V.E. 1997 Procamallanus (Denticamallanus subgen. n.) dentatus n. sp. (Nematoda: Camallanidae) from the characid fish, Bryconops alburnoides, in the Brazilian Amazon. Parasite, 4(3): 239í 243.
MORAVEC, F. 1998 Nematodes of Freshwater Fishes of the Neotropical region. Prague: Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, 464p.
PEREIRA, P.R.; AGOSTINHO, C.S.; OLIVEIRA, R.J.; MARQUES, E.E. 2007 Trophics guilds of fishes in sandbank haitats of a Neotropical river. Neotropical Ichthyology, 5(3): 399-404.
POULIN, R. 2001. Interactions between species and the structure of helminth communities. Parasitology, 122(S1): 3-11.
SABAS, C.S.S.; LUQUE, J.L. 2003 Metazoan parasites of weakfish, Cynoscion guatucupa and Macrodon ancylodon (Osteichthyes: Scianidae), from the coastal zone of the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. Brazilian Journal of Veterinary Parasitology, 12(4): 171-178.
SCHAEFFER-NOVELLI, Y.; CINTRÓN, G. 1986 Guia para estudo de Áreas de Manguezal, São Paulo: Caribbean Ecological Research, 150p.
SILVA, C.C., FERREIRA, E.J.G; DEUS, C.P. 2008 Diet of Bryconops alburnoides and B. caudomaculatus (Osteichthyes: Characiformes) in the region affected by Balbina Hydroelectric Dam (Amazon drainage, Brazil). Neotropical Ichthyology, 6(2): 237-242.
THATCHER, V.E. 2006 Amazon fish parasites, 2ª ed. Moscow: Pensoft Publishers, 508p.
TRAVASSOS L, ARTIGAS P, PEREIRA C. 1928. Fauna helminthologica dos peixes de água doce do Brasil. Archivos do Instituto Biologico, 1(1): 5-67.
VICENTIN, W; VIEIRA, K.R.I.; COSTA, F.E.S.; TAKEMOTO, R.M.; TAVARES, L.E.R.; PAIVA, F. 2013 Metazoan endoparasites of Pygocentrus nattereri (Characiformes: Serrasalminae) in the Negro River, Pantanal, Brazil. Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária, 22(3): 331-338.
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