Microcotílidos (Monogenea: Microcotylidae) parásitos de peces marinos de la Bahía de Chamela, Jalisco, México

Abstract

RECORDS OF MICROCOTYLID MONOGENEA, FISH PARASITES IN CHAMELA BAY, JALISCO, ARE HERE PRESENTED. BETWEEN OCTOBER, 1992 AND JUNE, 1997 A TOTAL OF 12 292 MONOGENEANS WERE COLLECTED FROM 1182 ANALYZED HOSTS. OF THEM, 446 BELONGED TO MICROCOTYLIDAE, REPRESENTING TEN SPECIES: MAGNIEXCIPULA LAMOTHEI, NEOBIVAGINA ANIVERSARIA, POLYMICROCOTYLE MANTERI, SOLOSTAMENIDES PSEUDOMUGILIS, METAMICROCOTYLE CHAMELENSE, M. MACRACANTHA, M. PACIFICA, CYNOSCIONICOLA SRIVASTAVAI, MYCROCOTYLOIDES IMPUDICA AND M. INCISA, N. ANIVERSARIA PRESENTED THE HIGHEST VALUES OF THE ECOLOGICAL PARAMETERS DESCRIBING PARASITE INFECCTIONS, WITH A PREVALENCE OF 84.2% AND AN ABUNDANCE OF 14.8 WORMS PER ANALYZED HOST.