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The Asian fish tapeworm, Bothriocephalus acheilognathi, in Australian freshwater fishes

A. D. M. Dove, T. H. Cribb, S. P. Mockler and M. Lintermans

Marine and Freshwater Research 48(2) 181 - 183
Published: 1997

Abstract

Bothriocephalus acheilognathi was collected from 13 of 38 carp (Cyprinus carpio), 2 of 4 mosquito fish (Gambusia holbrooki), and 2 of 12 western carp gudgeon (Hypseleotris klunzingeri ) in waterways of the Australian Capital Territory and New South Wales. This is the first record of this parasite in Australia, and its presence in H. klunzingeri is a new host record. B. acheilognathi presumably arrived in Australia with its introduced fish hosts and has since crossed into native fishes. This cestode may infect other native fish species, a potential that is significant given the high pathogenicity associated with infection in other known hosts.

Keywords: introduced fishes.

https://doi.org/10.1071/MF96069

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