Helminth Parasites of the Blackstripe Topminnow, Fundulus notatus (Cyprinodontiformes: Fundulidae), from Arkansas and Oklahoma, USA
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
7-2016
Department
Coastal Sciences, Gulf Coast Research Laboratory
Abstract
Between August 2014 and August 2015, in the Ouachita and Red River drainages of Arkansas (n = 17) and the Red River drainage of Oklahoma (n = 113), 130 Blackstripe Topminnows, Fundulus notatus, were collected and examined for helminth parasites. Sixty-three (48%) F. notatus, including 7 (37%) from Arkansas and 56 (50%) from Oklahoma, were infected. These included 16 (12%) with Homalometron robisoni, 24 (18%) with immature Proteocephalus sp., 8 (6%) with larval Eustrongylides sp., 17 (13%) with Spiroxys sp. larvae, 3 (2%) with acanthocephalan cystacanths, 1 (0.8%) with Leptorhynchoides thecatus, and 1 (0.8%) with Neoechinorhynchus sp. In addition, 1 of 5 (20%) from Arkansas harbored the monogenean Salsuginus umbraensis. We document 4 new host and 3 new distributional records.
Publication Title
Comparative Parasitology
Volume
83
Issue
2
First Page
227
Last Page
236
Recommended Citation
McAllister, C. T.,
Bursey, C. R.,
Fayton, T. J.,
Cloutman, D. G.,
Robison, H. W.,
Connior, M. B.,
Trauth, S. E.
(2016). Helminth Parasites of the Blackstripe Topminnow, Fundulus notatus (Cyprinodontiformes: Fundulidae), from Arkansas and Oklahoma, USA. Comparative Parasitology, 83(2), 227-236.
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