Scientia Marina, Vol 77, No 1 (2013)

Endoparasites of Trachurus picturatus (Pisces: Carangidae) from the Madeira and Canary Islands: Selecting parasites for use as tags


https://doi.org/10.3989/scimar.03707.07A

Graça Costa
Estação de Biologia Marinha do Funchal, Universidade da Madeira - ISOPlexis, Universidade da Madeira, Portugal

Maria Teresa Garcia Santamaria
IEO, Instituto Español de Oceanografia, Spain

Joana Vasconcelos
Estação de Biologia Marinha do Funchal, Universidade da Madeira, Portugal

Clara Borges Perera
IEO, Instituto Español de Oceanografia, Spain

Egberto Melo-Moreira
Estação de Biologia Marinha do Funchal, Universidade da Madeira, Portugal

Abstract


In order to evaluate the use of parasites as biological tags to identify populations of the oceanic horse mackerel, Trachurus picturatus, two samples of 100 fish each, caught off the Madeira and Canary Islands from January to June 2009, were examined for the presence of anisakids, trypanorhynchs, acanthocephalans and liver coccidians. In T. picturatus from Madeira, prevalence of the coccidian Goussia cruciata reached 82%, whereas prevalence of the nematode Anisakis sp., the acanthocephalan Rhadinorhynchus cadenati and the trypanorhynch Nybelinia lingualis were 12.0%, 8.9% and 7.0%, respectively. In samples from the Canary Islands, prevalence of G. cruciata was 8.0%, Anisakis sp. and R. cadenati reached 5.0% and 42.0% respectively, and N. lingualis was not recovered. The absence of N. lingualis and the lower prevalence of Anisakis sp. appear to be related to the smaller size of the oceanic horse mackerels examined from the Canary Islands. Although significant differences in prevalence of two parasites, G. cruciata and R. cadenati, were found between the two regions investigated (χ2=125.13, df=1, p=0.000 and χ2=40.77, df=1, p=0.000), only G. cruciata was considered useful as a biological tag for the identification of populations of T. picturatus. In order to reach sound conclusions, an expansion of the temporal and spatial sampling strategy is recommended.

Keywords


parasites; biological tags; Trachurus picturatus; Madeira Islands; Canary Islands

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