Affiliation:
1. ÇANAKKALE ONSEKİZ MART ÜNİVERSİTESİ, ÇANAKKALE UYGULAMALI BİLİMLER FAKÜLTESİ, BALIKÇILIK TEKNOLOJİSİ BÖLÜMÜ
2. CANAKKALE ONSEKIZ MART UNIVERSITY, FACULTY OF MARITIME SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY
Abstract
In this study, 75 chub mackerels that were caught in the Canakkale Strait in Türkiye between October to December, 2019, were examined for the presence of parasites. The length and weight of all fish were measured and the external body area, oral cavity, nostrils, fins, and gills were examined. Gill samples were examined under a stereomicroscope and all suspicious findings were preserved in 99.99% ethanol. The mean length and weight of fish were 24.84±0.39cm and 146.01±7.16 gr, respectively. It was determined that the collected parasite is Grubea cochlear, a monogenic helminth belonging to the Mazocraeidea family. The chub mackerel, in which the specimen of G. cochlera was isolated among the gill filaments, was a female with a total length of 18.5 cm and a weight of 49.80 gr. This finding of Grubea cochlear isolated from the gills of chub mackerel is the first record of this species in this region.
Publisher
Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University
Subject
General Earth and Planetary Sciences,General Environmental Science
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