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The distribution of the introduced tapeworm Bothriocephalus acheilognathi in Australian freshwater fishes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2024

A.D.M. Dove  and
A.S. Fletcher
A.D.M. Dove*
Affiliation:
Department of Parasitology, The University of Queensland, Queensland 4072, Australia:
A.S. Fletcher
Affiliation:
Queensland Department of Primary Industries, Bribie Island Aquaculture Research Centre, PO Box 2066, Woorim, Queensland 4507, Australia
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*Fax: (07) 3365 1588 E-mail: dove@anicca.net
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Abstract

Native and exotic fishes were collected from 29 sites across coastal and inland New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria, using a range of techniques, to infer the distribution of Bothriocephalus acheilognathi (Cestoda: Pseudophyllidea) and the host species in which it occurs. The distribution of B. acheilognathi was determined by that of its principal host, carp, Cyprinus carpio; it did not occur at sites where carp were not present. The parasite was recorded from all native fish species where the sample size exceeded 30 and which were collected sympatrically with carp: Hypseleotris klunzingeri, Hypseleotris sp. 4, Hypseleotris sp. 5, Phylipnodon grandiceps and Retropinna semoni. Bothriocephalus acheilognathi was also recorded from the exotic fishes Gambusia holbrooki and Carassius auratus. Hypseleotris sp. 4, Hypseleotris sp. 5, P. grandiceps, R. semoni and C. auratus are new host records. The parasite was not recorded from any sites in coastal drainages. The only carp population examined from a coastal drainage (Albert River, south-east Queensland) was also free of infection; those fish had a parasite fauna distinct from that of carp in inland drainages and may represent a separate introduction event. Bothriocephalus acheilognathi has apparently spread along with its carp hosts and is so far restricted to the Murray-Darling Basin. The low host specificity of this parasite is cause for concern given the threatened or endangered nature of some Australian native freshwater fish species. A revised list of definitive hosts of B. acheilognathiis presented.

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Journal of Helminthology , Volume 74 , Issue 2 , June 2000 , pp. 121 - 127
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2000

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