Anand Kumar A, Rameshkumar G, Ravichandran S, Nagarajan R, Prabakaran K, Ramesh M
Department of Applied Geology, Faculty of Engineering and Science, Curtin University, CDT 250, 98009 Miri, Sarawak Malaysia.
Unit of Toxicology, Department of Zoology, School of Life Sciences, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu 641 046 India.
J Parasit Dis. 2017 Mar;41(1):55-61. doi: 10.1007/s12639-016-0749-6. Epub 2016 Mar 29.
Isopods occur very commonly as parasites in food fishes. Parasitic isopods are typically marine and usually inhabit the warmer seas. They are blood-feeding; several species settle in the buccal cavity of fish, others live in the gill chamber or on the body surface including the fins. Isopods can cause morbidity and mortality in captive fish populations. The infestation usually pressure atrophy often accompanies the presence of larger parasites. The present study was aimed at collecting information on the neglected group of isopod parasites of the marine fishes from the Miri coastal environment, East Malaysia. A very little information available regarding the distribution of isopod parasites of Malaysian coastal environment. In the present study, nine isopod parasites were oberved from ten marine fish species. The maximum number of parasites were observed in the months of June and October, 2013. Maximum prevalence was observed in October (50 %) and the minimum was observed in June (7.14 %). The parasitic infestation may lead to an economic loss in commercial fish species.
等足目动物作为食用鱼类的寄生虫非常常见。寄生性等足目动物通常生活在海洋中，且多栖息于温暖海域。它们以血液为食；有几种物种寄生于鱼类的口腔，其他的则生活在鳃腔或包括鱼鳍在内的体表。等足目动物会导致圈养鱼类种群发病和死亡。寄生虫侵扰通常会伴随着较大寄生虫的存在而导致压力性萎缩。本研究旨在收集有关马来西亚东部美里沿海环境中被忽视的海洋鱼类等足目寄生虫群体的信息。关于马来西亚沿海环境中等足目寄生虫分布的信息非常少。在本研究中，从10种海洋鱼类中观察到了9种等足目寄生虫。在2013年6月和10月观察到的寄生虫数量最多。10月份的感染率最高（50%），6月份最低（7.14%）。寄生虫侵扰可能会给商业鱼类品种带来经济损失。
