Arthropoda as fishes parasites

Crustacae, lice, Linguatulida and mites

Copepoda
Intermediate host I of cestodes:
Pseudophylidea : Triaenophorus, Bothriocephalus, Eubothrium, Ligula
Tetraphyllidea
Trypanorhincha
Proteocephalida (tapeworm)
Dracunculida (Phylometra spp)
Camallinida
Acanthocephalan
Ichthyosporidium
Mostly  living in fish
The parasitically copepoda  original character of crustacae  loose
(Lernaeidae)
The part of mouth  adaptable blood suction
The causer of the serious damaged (ergasilosis: Ergasilus sieboldi (Ergasilidae))
• Ergasilidae
Ergasilus sieboldi
- found at gills (inner & base parts)
- Mostly  “Tench” fish (Tinca tinca)
- Male living in several weeks & female as parasite
- epithelial cell feeding ; injury coincided the secondary
infection: Saprolegnia or Brachiomyces
- Heavy infection  fish is easily infected the other
disease, anemia and cachexia
• Species of Ergasilus:
E. briani, E. buttgeri (freshwater fish), E. nanus,
E. gibbus (eel)

• Prophylactic action:
- Fish elimination of infected tank
- Therapy : depend on fish tolerance
the shortly dipping by KMnO4 (1:10.000
; 1 g in 10 l water during 5-10 minutes)
Formalin (1:4000 during 1 hr)
• Caligidae
- to resemble Ergasilida, parasitic caligida little bit
different to free life copepoda
- attachment accessories
- Species:
Caligus lacustris (on perch, pike, gold fish)
Caligus rapax (skin & gill of salmonida )
Lepeophtheirus pollachi (aperture cavity of saltwater
fish)
• Dichelestiidae
- Parasitic crustacae to be very worm, knuckles and
abdomen has little development
- Species:
Dichelestium oblongum (on gills of saltwater fish)
Lamprolegna pulchella (small copepoda no hook)
 gill of freshwater fish
• Lernaeidae
- In host  female no knuckles but round to resemble
worm
- Head  anchor shape  chitinous covering  to
perforate host body
- Species : Lernaea cyprinaea  skin of gold fish
 long time cachexia

• Sphyriidae
- Cephalothorax: short, slim neck, horned,
heart shape, 2 jaws in hooks
- Sphyrion lumpi  female  60 mm long
 gall-egg  20 mm long
Brachiura
• Argulidae, fish lice
- famous & dangerous: Argulus
- species: Argulus foliaceus (lice of gold fish, tawes fish, eel)
Argulus coregoni (lice of salmonida)
- stiletto  perforator to host red spots  inflammation & toxine

 skin irritation
- small fish  several infections by 1 lice  death
- predilection in soft part & many blood-vessels
 base of fin & aperture part
- larvae  adult  5-6 wks to suck blood
- secondary infection  infectious abdomen swelling in gold fish
 - mould grow in former of infected injury
- transmitter blood parasite  Cryptobia

Cirripedia
- Adult stage of crustacae no movement
- ectoparasite of cat fish, tortoise, crustacae
- ectoparasite  endoparasite  the original
character of crustacae disappear
Isospora
- Mostly living in saltwater & saltish
- Several species of Cymothoidae
- species: Anilocra physodes  mediterrania
Livoneca symmetrica, Braga, Conilera,
Rocinela, Aega, Ichthyoxenus & Riggia
 freshwater  Amerika selatan
- predilection  gill cavity, aperture cavity
(cavum of ventral side of fish)
Linguatulida
- Adult  parasite of nose cavity & mouth of mammal,
bird & reptiles.
- Larvae  amphibia & reptiles, seldom on small mammal
or fish
- Nimpha of Leipperia, Sebekia, and Subtriquetra spp 
fish in Congo-Africa
 Tungau (Mites)

• Hydrachnella (mite of freshwater)  baiter  chelicera to dissolve

crustacae, mollusca (Unionicola) & small insect and to

absorb totally content of body
- Larvae  free - swimming
- To produce toxine
- Some cases  larvae found in skin, fin or oesophagus of gold fish
especially in silent waters
 Hydrachna geographica – roach fish & young bream

 Hydrophantes ruber & Arrenurus sp – bream fish

(Abramis brama)