Vol. 7 No. 1 (2015), SECTION B: LIFE SCIENCES
Vol. 7 No. 1 (2015)

Parasitism by Riggia sp. (Isopoda: Cymothoidae) on two species of fish Chaetostoma sp. and Rhamdia quelen from southeastern Ecuador

SECTION B: LIFE SCIENCES
Published 2015-05-22
Fernando Anaguano-Yancha
Fundación Naturaleza Kakaram
Jorge Brito M.
Museo Ecuatoriano de Ciencias Naturales
Portada: Volumen 7 - Número 1
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Keywords

Riggia
Cymothoidae
Isopoda
Chaetostoma
Loricariidae
Rhamdia quelen
Heptapteridae
Siluriformes
freshwater fishes
parasitism
Amazonia
Pastaza
Morona-Santiago
Ecuador

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Anaguano-Yancha, F., & Brito M., J. (2015). Parasitism by Riggia sp. (Isopoda: Cymothoidae) on two species of fish Chaetostoma sp. and Rhamdia quelen from southeastern Ecuador. ACI Avances En Ciencias E Ingenierías, 7(1). https://doi.org/10.18272/aci.v7i1.223
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Abstract

We report two cases of parasitism by Riggia Szidat 1948 on freshwater fish of the genera Chaetostoma and Rhamdia from two rivers on the Upper Amazon of Ecuador, in the icthyogeographic areas of Alto Pastaza and Upano-Zamora. Riggia sp. was in both cases inside the abdominal cavity, forming large capsules between the peritoneum and pericardium.

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