Milad  Adel, Fatemeh  Ghasempour, Hamid Reza  Azizi, Ahmad Reza  Safian, Armin Abedian  Amiri, 
    Parasitic Fauna of Six Species of Ornamental Freshwater Fish Species from the North of Iran,
    Journal of Fisheries International,
    Volume 8,Issue 3,
    2013,
    Pages 78-80,
    ISSN 1817-3381,
    jfish.2013.78.80,
    (https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=jfish.2013.78.80)
    Abstract: The main objective of this study was to determine the parasitic 
  infections of aquarium fish in the North of Iran. Here, 360 apparently healthy 
  ornamental fish from 6 species (each species 60 specimens) including: Guppy 
  (<I>Poecilia reticulate</I>), gourami (<I>Osphronemus gouramy</I>), Swordtail 
  (<I>Xiphophorus hellerii</I>), Platy (<I>Xiphophorus maculates</I>), <I>Brachydanio 
  rerio</I> and barbs (<I>Barbus tetrazona</I>) was obtained from a local ornamental 
  fish farm in the North of Iran during 2012-2013. Each fish was inspected and 
  examined by routine methods. The parasitical infection was studied by sampling 
  from different organs. Among 360 investigated ornamental fish, 328 fish (91.1%) 
  were infected by at least one parasite species. In this study, 5 different genus 
  including: <I>Ichthyophtirius multifilis</I>, <I>Dactylogyrus</I>, <I>Gyrodactylus</I>, 
  <I>Tricodina</I> and <I>Capillaria</I> sp. were collected from 6 species. Also, 
  <I>Capillaria</I> sp. was reported as a first record from the abdominal cavity 
  of <I>O</I>. <I>gouramy</I> in Iran.
    Keywords: Parasitic fauna;Ornamental fish;Capillaria sp.;infected;Iran