Two species of goby, Boleophthalmus pectinirostris and Scartelaos sp., as the new second intermediate hosts of heterophyid fluke in Korea.
10.3347/kjp.2005.43.4.161
- Author:
Woon Mok SOHN
;
Jung A KIM
;
Hyun Jae SONG
- Publication Type:Brief Communication
- Keywords:
gobies;
second intermediate host;
heterophyid fluke;
metacercaria
- MeSH:
Trematoda/*isolation & purification;
Perciformes/*parasitology;
Korea;
Animals
- From:The Korean Journal of Parasitology
2005;43(4):161-164
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
A survey was performed in order to determine the infection status of the metacercariae of heterophyid fluke in two goby species, Boleophthalmus pectinirostris and Scartelaos sp., collected from Gangjin-gun, and Shinangun, Sooncheon-shi, Jeollanam-do, Republic of Korea. A total of three metacercariae of Heterophyopsis continua was found in only one B. pectinirostris (10.0%) from Gangjin-gun. Heterophyes nocens metacercariae were detected in 24 B. pectinirostris (96.0%) and 14 Scartelaos sp. (63.6%) from Shinan-gun. Heterophyopsis continua metacercariae were found in 11 B. pectinirostris (44.0%) and 21 Scartelaos sp. (95.5%) from Shinan-gun. Stictodora fuscata metacercariae were detected in 18 B. pectinirostris (72.0%) from Shinan-gun. No metacercariae were detected in 20 B. pectinirostris from Sooncheon-shi. From the above results, this study is the first to prove that B. pectinirostris and Scartelaos sp. serve as the second intermediate hosts of some heterophyid flukes in Korea.
