Effect of temperature on the external parasites which recorded on the mugilid fish Liza abu (Heckel, 1843) in AL- Hilla River, BABYLON PROVINCE

Abstract

During the period from March 2008 till September 2008, a total of 193 Liza abu from AL- Hilla river, Babylon province were inspected for ectoparasites. The inspection results showed the occurrence of nine species of ectoparasites which included of Ichthyophthirius mulifiliis, Trichodina cotidarum, T. nigrs, Paraergasilus inflatus, Ergasilus sieboldi, Dactylogyrus simplex, D. extensus, D. minutus and D. pavlovskyi, The Liza abu is considered as a new host in Iraq for D. minutus. The percentage incidence of infection with the studied parasites varied according to different months.