| Autor: |
Alves AM; Laboratório de Biologia Tropical, Instituto de Tecnologia e Pesquisa - ITP, Universidade Tiradentes - UNIT, Aracaju, SE, Brasil., Souza GTRE; Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia de São Paulo - IFSP, Avaré, SP, Brasil., Takemoto RM; Núcleo de Pesquisas em Limnologia, Ictiologia e Aquicultura, Laboratório de Ictioparasitologia, Universidade Estadual de Maringá - UEM, Maringá, PR, Brasil., Tavares LER; Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso do Sul - UFMS, Campo Grande, MS, Brasil., Melo CM; Laboratório de Biologia Tropical, Instituto de Tecnologia e Pesquisa - ITP, Universidade Tiradentes - UNIT, Aracaju, SE, Brasil., Madi RR; Laboratório de Biologia Tropical, Instituto de Tecnologia e Pesquisa - ITP, Universidade Tiradentes - UNIT, Aracaju, SE, Brasil., Jeraldo VLS; Laboratório de Biologia Tropical, Instituto de Tecnologia e Pesquisa - ITP, Universidade Tiradentes - UNIT, Aracaju, SE, Brasil. |
| Abstrakt: |
Three species of snappers from artisanal, small-scale fisheries were examined for the presence of parasites. A total of 139 lutjanid fish were collected: 69 specimens of Lutjanus analis, 47 specimens of Lutjanus vivanus, and 23 specimens of Lutjanus synagris. Encysted plerocercoid of trypanorhynch cestodes found at necropsy in the viscera of snappers were sampled for parasitological analysis. These plerocercoid larvae belong to the genera Floriceps, Pseudogrillotia , and Oncomegas. Although these parasites do not have any zoonotic potential, fish with heavy loads of plerocercoids are rejected during inspection as they compromise meat hygiene. Our findings suggest that light larval cestode infections in lutjanids would not lead to consumer rejection of the food product. The occurrence of Floriceps sp. in L. analis and in L. synagris, of Pseudogrillotia sp. in L. vivanus and in L. synagris , and of Oncomegas sp. in L. synagris are new findings in these fish species. These parasites are new to these fish species and have not been reported in snappers from the northeast coast of Brazil. The results contribute to the existing body of knowledge about the parasitic fauna of fish and its distribution along the coastline of Brazil. |
