Issue |
Parasite
Volume 22, 2015
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Article Number | 5 | |
Number of page(s) | 6 | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2015007 | |
Published online | 06 February 2015 |
Research Article
First record of the invasive Asian fish tapeworm Bothriocephalus acheilognathi in Honduras, Central America
Première mention du cestode de poissons invasif asiatique Bothriocephalus acheilognathi au Honduras, en Amérique centrale
1
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Biología, Laboratorio de Helmintología, Ciudad Universitaria, México, D. F.
2
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS 39406, USA
3
Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas y Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, Laboratorio de Parasitología de Animales Silvestres, Avenida Universidad 1001, Colonia Chamilpa, Cuernavaca, Morelos, México
4
Universidad Autónoma de Campeche, Instituto de Ecología, Pesquerías y Oceanografía del Golfo de México (EPOMEX), San Francisco de Campeche, Campeche, México
* Corresponding author: gsalgado@ib.unam.mx
Received:
7
November
2014
Accepted:
26
January
2015
This paper provides the first report of the invasive Asian fish tapeworm, Bothriocephalus acheilognathi Yamaguti, 1934, in Honduras. The cestode was found in Profundulus portillorum (Cyprinodontiformes: Profundulidae), which represents a new host record, and which is a member of a genus faced with a variety of conservation challenges, now potentially complicated by the presence of this pathogenic cestode. Nearly complete sequence data from the ITS-1 5.8S and ITS-2 regions corroborate the determination based on morphological characteristics. Several species of carp were introduced to Honduras for aquaculture purposes in the early 1980s and the presence of the Asian fish tapeworm in Honduras may be related to these introductions. In addition, this report documents the currently known geographical distribution of this parasite in Central America, first recorded from Panamá and now from Honduras.
Résumé
Cet article présente la première mention du cestode de poissons invasif asiatique Bothriocephalus acheilognathi Yamaguti, 1934 au Honduras. Le cestode a été trouvé chez Profundulus portillorum (Cyprinodontiformes: Profundulidae), un nouvel hôte, qui est membre d’un genre auquel se posent de nombreux problèmes de conservation, désormais potentiellement compliqués par la présence de ce cestode pathogène. Les données des séquences presque complètes des régions ITS-1 5.8S et ITS-2 corroborent la détermination sur la base de caractéristiques morphologiques. Plusieurs espèces de carpes ont été introduites au Honduras à des fins d’aquaculture dans le début des années 1980 et la présence du cestode de poissons asiatique au Honduras pourrait être liée à ces introductions. En outre, cet article rapporte la répartition géographique actuelle connue de ce parasite en Amérique centrale, d’abord signalé au Panama et maintenant au Honduras.
Key words: Río Nacaome / Central America / Invasive species / Parasites / ITS-1 / ITS-2
© G. Salgado-Maldonado et al., published by EDP Sciences, 2015
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