TY - JOUR JF - IFRO JO - IJFS VL - 9 IS - 3 PY - 2010 Y1 - 2010/9/01 TI - Occurrence of parasites in selected fish species in Gandoman Lagoon,Iran TT - N2 -  This study was carried out to investigate occurrence of parasite in selected cyprinid fish species in Gandoman Lagoon, in the vicinity of Gandoman City, Chaharmahal & Bakhtyari Province. A total of 90 fish specimens including Cyprinus carpio, Carassius auratus gibelio, Capoeta aculeata , C.damascina, Chondrostoma regium and Alburnus alburnus from Gandoman were examined during spring and summer 2007. Ten species of parasites were found, including Ichthyophthirius multifiliis, Trichodina sp. (Cilliophora), Myxobolus musayevi, Myxobolus sp. (Myxozoa), Dactylogyrus extensus, D.lenkorani (Monogenea), Diplostomum spathaceum, Tylodelphys clavata (Digenea). Argulus foliaceus and Lernea cyprinacea (Crustaceans). 77.7% of fishes were infected to parasites and 22.3 % did not show any infection. Chondrostoma regium and Alburnus alburnus are reported as new hosts for D. extensus. SP - 464 EP - 471 AU - Raissy, M. AU - Ansari, M. AU - Lashkari, A. AU - Jalali, B. AD - KW - Fish parasites KW - Gandoman Lagoon KW - Chaharmahal & Bakhtyari KW - Iran. UR - http://jifro.ir/article-1-36-en.html ER -