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Endoparasite fauna of freshwater fish from the upper Juruá River in the Western Amazon, Brazil

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 July 2022

L.R. Virgilio Open the ORCID record for L.R. Virgilio [Opens in a new window] ,
W.M.O. Martins ,
F.S. Lima Open the ORCID record for F.S. Lima [Opens in a new window] ,
R.M. Takemoto Open the ORCID record for R.M. Takemoto [Opens in a new window] ,
L.M.A. Camargo Open the ORCID record for L.M.A. Camargo [Opens in a new window]  and
D.U.O Meneguetti Open the ORCID record for D.U.O Meneguetti [Opens in a new window]
L.R. Virgilio*
Affiliation:
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biodiversidade e Biotecnologia (Bionorte), Universidade Federal do Acre (UFAC), Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil
W.M.O. Martins
Affiliation:
Laboratório de Biologia Geral do Instituto Federal de Acre (IFAC), Campus Cruzeiro do Sul, Acre, Brazil
F.S. Lima
Affiliation:
Laboratório de ecologia aquática, Universidade Federal do Acre (UFAC), Cruzeiro do Sul, Campus Floresta, Acre, Brazil
R.M. Takemoto
Affiliation:
Núcleo de Pesquisas em Limnologia, Ictiologia e Aquicultura, Laboratório de Ictioparasitologia, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Maringá, Paraná, Brazil
L.M.A. Camargo
Affiliation:
Instituto Nacional de Epidemiologia da Amazônia Ocidental, Porto Velho, Rondônia, Brazil
D.U.O Meneguetti
Affiliation:
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biodiversidade e Biotecnologia (Bionorte), Universidade Federal do Acre (UFAC), Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil Laboratório de Medicina Tropical, Universidade Federal do Acre, Programa de Pós-Graduação Stricto Sensu em Ciências da Saúde na Amazônia Ocidental, Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil
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Author for correspondence: L.R. Virgilio, E-mail: lurubita@gmail.com
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Abstract

The Amazon region may present a high diversity of endoparasites with a high degree of endemism. In this sense, this study describes the endoparasite fauna in freshwater fish from the Upper Juruá, in the Western Amazon. The study was carried out around the municipalities of Cruzeiro do Sul, state of Acre, and Guajará, state of Amazonas, Brazil. Fish were caught between periods of droughts and floods, using passive and active sampling methods. In the laboratory, specimens were biometrically analysed and necropsied. As a result, a total of 23,740 endoparasites were recorded, belonging to 62 species, with 91 new host reports and 91 new occurrences for the Western Amazon. Nematoda and Digenea were the most diverse and abundant groups, and the increase in host fish richness and diversity influenced the diversity and richness of endoparasites in the environments. In this sense, the present study expands the number of new reports, and contributes data on the distribution and richness of endoparasites for South America.

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Parasite richnessparasite–host relationshipdistributionprevalence
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Journal of Helminthology , Volume 96 , 2022 , e55
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