First Occurrence of Three Species of the Genus Dactylogyrus Diesing , 1850 (Monogenea: Dactylogyridae) in Iraq from Some Diyala River Fishes , Diyala Province

Abid Ali J. J. Al-Saadi; Haider J. Mohammed

doi:10.30526/31.1.1843

First Occurrence of Three Species of the Genus Dactylogyrus Diesing , 1850 (Monogenea: Dactylogyridae) in Iraq from Some Diyala River Fishes , Diyala Province

Authors

Abid Ali J. J. Al-Saadi
Haider J. Mohammed

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30526/31.1.1843

Keywords:

Monogenea, Dactylogyrus folkmanovae, Dactylogyrus reinii, Dactylogyrus robustus, Diyala River, Iraq

Abstract

Three monogeneans: Dactylogyrus folkmanovae from gills of Chondrostoma regium, D. reinii from gills of Mesopotamichthys sharpeyi and D. robustus from gills of Leuciscus vorax were collected from Diyala River in Diyala Province. The description, measurements and illustrations of these parasites were given.