First Record of the Invasive Asian Fish Tapeworm Bothriocephalus acheilognathi in Honduras, Central America

Authors

Guillermo Salgado-Maldonado, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Wilfredo A. Matamoros, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoFollow
Brian R. Kreiser, University of Southern MississippiFollow
Juan Manuel Caspeta-Mandujano, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos
Edgar F. Mendoza-Franco, Universidad Autónoma de Campeche

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2-6-2015

Department

Biological Sciences

School

Biological, Environmental, and Earth Sciences

Abstract

This paper provides the first report of the invasive Asian fish tapeworm, Bothriocephalus acheilognathi Yamaguti, 1934, in Honduras. The cestode was found in Profundulus portillorum (Cyprinodontiformes: Profundulidae), which represents a new host record, and which is a member of a genus faced with a variety of conservation challenges, now potentially complicated by the presence of this pathogenic cestode. Nearly complete sequence data from the ITS-1 5.8S and ITS-2 regions corroborate the determination based on morphological characteristics. Several species of carp were introduced to Honduras for aquaculture purposes in the early 1980s and the presence of the Asian fish tapeworm in Honduras may be related to these introductions. In addition, this report documents the currently known geographical distribution of this parasite in Central America, first recorded from Panamá and now from Honduras.

Comments

Published by 'Parasite' at 10.1051/parasite/2015007.

Publication Title

Parasite

Volume

22

Issue

5

First Page

1

Last Page

6

Recommended Citation

Salgado-Maldonado, G., Matamoros, W. A., Kreiser, B. R., Caspeta-Mandujano, J. M., Mendoza-Franco, E. F. (2015). First Record of the Invasive Asian Fish Tapeworm Bothriocephalus acheilognathi in Honduras, Central America. Parasite, 22(5), 1-6.
Available at: https://aquila.usm.edu/fac_pubs/16700