First Record of the Monogenean Gyrodactylus lavareti Malmberg, 1957 in Iraq on Gills of the Common Carp Cyprinus Carpio

Kefah. N. Abdul-Ameer; Abid Ali. J. Al-Saadi

First Record of the Monogenean Gyrodactylus lavareti Malmberg, 1957 in Iraq on Gills of the Common Carp Cyprinus Carpio

Authors

Kefah. N. Abdul-Ameer
Abid Ali. J. Al-Saadi

Keywords:

Monogenea, Gyrodactylus lavareti, Cyprinus carpio, Iraq

Abstract

The monogenean Gyrodactylus lavareti Malmberg, 1957 is recorded here in the present study for the first time in Iraq from gills of the common carp Cyprinus carpio. This is the twentieth gyrodactylid species to be recorded from fishes of Iraq. The description and measurements of this parasite as well as its illustration were given.