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Morphometric, molecular and ecological analyses of the parasites of the sharpsnout seabream Diplodus puntazzo Cetti (Sparidae) from the Spanish Mediterranean: implications for aquaculture

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 December 2013

N. Sánchez-García ,
A.E. Ahuir-Baraja ,
J.A. Raga  and
F.E. Montero
N. Sánchez-García*
Affiliation:
Cavanilles Institute of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology, University of Valencia, Science Park, Catedrático José Beltrán, 2, 46980Paterna (Valencia), Spain
A.E. Ahuir-Baraja
Affiliation:
Cavanilles Institute of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology, University of Valencia, Science Park, Catedrático José Beltrán, 2, 46980Paterna (Valencia), Spain
J.A. Raga
Affiliation:
Cavanilles Institute of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology, University of Valencia, Science Park, Catedrático José Beltrán, 2, 46980Paterna (Valencia), Spain
F.E. Montero
Affiliation:
Cavanilles Institute of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology, University of Valencia, Science Park, Catedrático José Beltrán, 2, 46980Paterna (Valencia), Spain
*
*Fax: +34.96.3543733 E-mail: m.les.sanchez@uv.es
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Abstract

One of the fish species with the highest potential for aquaculture is the sharpsnout seabream, Diplodus puntazzo Cetti. Among other aspects, the development of new fish cultures requires studies of potential pathogens that may compromise survival of the fish in captivity. Moreover, both cultured and wild fish can act as sources or reservoirs of pathogens which may negatively affect other well-established cultures. We have studied the parasite fauna of the wild sharpsnout seabream, and monitored the survival of the parasites in culture conditions. The sharpsnout seabream was sampled from two different Spanish localities and examined for parasites. Additionally, 20 fish were maintained in captivity. Ten of them were examined for parasites after a period of 10 days and a further ten fish after another 10 days. All fish were parasitized with at least four species, with 19 parasite species being identified, seven of which were recorded for the first time in the sharpsnout seabream. These included Microcotyle sp., Magnibursatus bartolii, Steringotrema pagelli, Galactosomum sp., Cardiocephaloides longicollis, Caligus ligusticus and Gnathia vorax. We also report the first records of two parasite species in the wild sharpsnout seabream, the polyopisthocotylean monogeneans Atrispinum seminalis and Sparicotyle chrysophrii. Previously, these parasites had only been recorded in farmed sharpsnout seabream. Most parasites in the skin, gills and alimentary tract disappeared under the conditions of captivity, with the exception of the monogeneans of the genus Lamellodiscus. The information provided about the sharpsnout seabream parasite fauna will be useful to prevent possible problems in fish farms due to some parasite species. Many parasites of the sharpsnout seabream recorded in the present study are shared by the main fish species in Mediterranean aquaculture, the gilthead seabream, thus suggesting the possibility of cross-infections.

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Journal of Helminthology , Volume 89 , Issue 2 , March 2015 , pp. 217 - 231
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