First record of ectoparasite community on fishes in lower flow of Tolisa River, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Abstract

Over the period March – April in 2014. we researched parasitic fauna of fishes in river Tolisa, Bosnia and Herzegovina. In the sample of 100 individuals of 8 fish species (Carassius gibelio, Cyprinus carpio, Esox lucius, Blicca bjoerkna, Alburnus alburnus, Ctenopharingodon idella, Ictalurus nebulosus and Silurus glanis) 100 infested specimens were found. They were infested with the following species of ectoparasites: protozoa (Chilodonella cyprini and Trichodina sp.), trematodes (Dactylogyrus sp., Gyrodactylus sp. and Posthodiplostomum cuticola) and crustaceans (Argulus foliaceus).