Ogbon Abdou Matinou, Afoakwah Richmond, Mireku Kwadwo Kesse, Tossavi Nounagnon Darius, MacKenzie Ken
Centre for Coastal Management-Africa Centre of Excellence in Coastal Resilience, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast PMB TF0494, Ghana.
Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast PMB TF0494, Ghana.
Biology (Basel). 2023 Feb 28;12(3):389. doi: 10.3390/biology12030389.
This study is the first to provide information on the parasite fauna of along the coasts of Benin and Ghana, and the first to investigate the potential use of parasites as biological tags in fish population studies in the area. It may thus serve as a starting point for upcoming studies. From February to June 2021, a total of 200 were sampled from the fishing port of Cotonou (Benin) and the Elmina landing site (Ghana). The prevalence and abundance of each parasite were recorded. The following are the outcomes of this study: Parasite species, such as , sp. and , were recorded along the coasts of Benin and Ghana, while sp(p). and were only recorded along the coast of Benin. was the most prevalent and abundant among all the parasites recorded. sp(p). and were selected as having potential in the stock identification of . Both parasites were only recorded along the coast of Benin at a low prevalence. As a result, examinations of more from each location for these parasites may justify their use in stock identification studies.
本研究首次提供了贝宁和加纳沿海寄生虫动物群的信息，也是首次调查寄生虫在该地区鱼类种群研究中作为生物标记的潜在用途。因此，它可以作为后续研究的起点。2021年2月至6月，共从科托努（贝宁）渔港和埃尔米纳登陆点（加纳）采集了200份样本。记录了每种寄生虫的感染率和丰度。以下是本研究的结果：在贝宁和加纳沿海记录到了寄生虫物种，如 、 属物种和 ，而 属物种（p）和 仅在贝宁沿海记录到。在所有记录的寄生虫中， 最为常见且数量最多。 属物种（p）和 被认为在 的种群识别方面具有潜力。这两种寄生虫仅在贝宁沿海以低感染率被记录到。因此，对每个地点更多的 进行这些寄生虫的检测，可能证明它们在种群识别研究中的用途是合理的。
