The Lernaea parasite was reported in Alburnus hohenackeri Kessler, 1870, collected from the Char-Nimeh (or Chahnimeh) lake, Eastern Iran. Three fishes were infected with L. intestinalis having 3 to 22 parasites increasing with fish size. The maximum and minimum of parasite lengths were 138.02 mm and 24.54 mm respectively. The prevalence, mean intensity and abundance of infection by plerocercoid of L. intestinalis were 33.33%, 13.33, and 4.44 respectively.
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Author Name: Hamid Reza MEHRABAN, Golnaz SAYYADZADEH, Hashem MALEKZEHI, Amin AHMADI
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Keywords: Alburnus hohenackeri, Ligula intestinalis, Freshwater fish, Iran
ISSN: 2383-1561
EISSN: 2383-0964
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