Helminth Parasites of the Northern Studfish, Fundulus catenatus (Cypriniformes: Fundulidae) from the Ouachita and Ozark Mountains of Arkansas, USA
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-2016
Department
Coastal Sciences, Gulf Coast Research Laboratory
Abstract
Between May 2014 and September 2014, 50 Northern Studfish, Fundulus catenatus, were collected from sites in the interior highlands of the Ouachita Mountains (n = 25) and Ozark Mountains (n = 25) of Arkansas and examined for helminths. Twenty-three (46%) of the northern studfish, including 7 (28%) from the Ouachitas and 23 (92%) from the Ozarks were infected with helminths. These included 8 (16%) with Neascus-type metacercariae (black grub), 4 (8%) with metacercaria of Clinostomum marginatum, 8 (16%) with Creptotrema sp., 1 (2%) with Posthodiplostomum minimum, 3 (6%) with immature Proteocephalus sp., 9 (18%) with larval Eustrongylides sp., 1 (2%) with Rhabdochona cascadilla, 2 (4%) with larval Spinitectus sp., and 17 (34%) with acanthocephalan cystacanths. In addition, 6 of 8 individuals (75%) from one site in the Ouachitas harbored the monogenean, Salsuginus fundulus. We document new host records for most of these helminths and new distributional records for Creptotrema sp., Eustrongylides sp., and S. fundulus.
Publication Title
Comparative Parasitology
Volume
83
Issue
1
First Page
78
Last Page
87
Recommended Citation
McAllister, C. T.,
Bursey, C. R.,
Font, W. F.,
Robison, H. W.,
Trauth, S. E.,
Cloutman, D. G.,
Fayton, T. J.
(2016). Helminth Parasites of the Northern Studfish, Fundulus catenatus (Cypriniformes: Fundulidae) from the Ouachita and Ozark Mountains of Arkansas, USA. Comparative Parasitology, 83(1), 78-87.
Available at: https://aquila.usm.edu/fac_pubs/17588