PARASITE FAUNA FROM LOACHES (COBITIDAE) OF WATER BASINS IN THE PRIMORSK TERRITORY

Ermolenko A.V.

Parazitologiya 2004; 38(1): 53-67

Parasite fauna from loaches was examined in the period 1985—1999 in water basins of different parts of the Primorsk Territory: south (rivers Pojma and Razdolnaya, lake Bol'shoye Mramornoye), north-east (river Yedinka), west (rivers Komissarovka, Ilistaya, Mel'gunovka), center (upper part of the river Ussuri, river Arsen'evka). The 159 speci­mens of five loache species have been examined. The parasite fauna is represented by 96 species, including 37 protozoan species (flagellates — 4, coccidians — 2, myxosporidians — 10, infusorians — 21), plathelminthes — 45 (monogeneans — 18, trematodes — 18, cestodes — 9), acanthocephalans — 2, nematodes — 8, arthropods (crustaceans) — 1, mollusks — 3 species.