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Parasite diversity of Cyprinus carpio Linnaeus 1758 from the Danube River, Bulgaria

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: In 2019-2021, 20 specimens of common carp Cyprinus carpio Linnaeus 1758 were caught in three locations (biotopes) along the course of the Danube River in northwestern Bulgaria. Infection with five parasite species was detected – Nicolla skrjabini (Iwanitzky, 1928) Dollfus, 1960 (class Trematoda); Schyzocotyle acheilognathi (Yamaguti, 1934) Brabec, Waeschenbach, Scholz, Littlewood & Kuchta, 2015 (class Cestoda); Acanthocephalus lucii (Müller, 1776) Lühe, 1911, Pomphorhynchus laevis (Zoega in Müller, 1776) Porta, 1908 (class Acanthocephala); Contrac а ecum sp. (larvae) (class Nematoda). Three of the found endoparasite species are pathogenic for fish – Sch. acheilognathi , P. laevis , and Contrac а ecum sp. (larvae). C. carpio is a new host record for Sch. acheilognathi and Ac. lucii in Bulgaria. The studied biotopes are new habitats for the established parasite species. The present study aims to provide new data on the diversity and the ecological indices (MI, MA, P%) of C. carpio parasites from the Bulgarian section of the Danube River.

Source: Croatian Journal of Fisheries

DOI: 10.2478/cjf-2025-0004

Authors: Radoslava Zaharieva, Petya Zaharieva, Diana Kirin

Institutions: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, National Institute of Geophysics, Geodesy and Geography, Agricultural University Plovdiv

Language: English

Topic: Parasite Biology and Host Interactions

Subfield: Ecology

Field: Environmental Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W4408165686

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