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Helminths From Dormitator Maculatus (Pisces: Eleotridae) In Alvarado Lagoon, Veracruz, Mexico, And Supplemental Data For Clinostomum Complanatum Rudolphi, 1814 From Egretta Caerulea (Aves: Ardeidae), Jesus Montoya-Mendoza, Rafael Chavez-Lopez, Jonathan Franco-Lopez
Helminths From Dormitator Maculatus (Pisces: Eleotridae) In Alvarado Lagoon, Veracruz, Mexico, And Supplemental Data For Clinostomum Complanatum Rudolphi, 1814 From Egretta Caerulea (Aves: Ardeidae), Jesus Montoya-Mendoza, Rafael Chavez-Lopez, Jonathan Franco-Lopez
Gulf and Caribbean Research
Fishes are important hosts of helminths with aquatic life stages, yet little information is available on host-parasite relationships in tropical low salinity ecosystems. In this paper we report helminth parasites of the fat sleeper, Dormitator maculatus, in the Alvarado lagoon system, Veracruz. Mexico. Four parasite species were recorded from D. maculatus, including trematode metacercariae of Clinostomum complanatum, as well as nematode larvae of Spyroxis sp. and Camallanus sp. and adults of Neochinorhynchus golvani. In addition, we obtained adult C. complanatum from the esophagus of the little blue heron, Egretta caerulea. Dormitator maculatus is a new …