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Helminth parasites of freshwater fish in Chiapas, Mexico

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An inventory based on previously published records and original data is presented for the helminth parasites reported in 54 fish species from 17 families from the state of Chiapas, southeast Mexico. This survey reports the presence of 43 helminth species in Chiapas for the first time. The actualized inventory of helminth parasites of freshwater fish from Chiapas contains 88 species from 67 genera and 40 helminth families. Trematodes and nematodes were the most abundant taxonomic groups. The helminth fauna in freshwater fishes from Chiapas consists of Central American species. All the helminth species recorded in Chiapas have also been collected from bodies of freshwater between the Isthmus of Tehuantepec and the Isthmus of Panama. This inventory shows that this fauna is quite similar to that from the neighboring basins of the lower Grijalva–Usumacinta system and the Yucatan Peninsula. The taxonomic composition and distribution data reported here for the helminth fauna of Chiapas’ freshwater fish, contribute to a better understanding of this faunal component in Central America.

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Acknowledgments

This study was supported by the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Dirección General de Asuntos del Personal Académico (projects PAPIIT IN229807 and PAPIME PE209106), and by the Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACyT) (projects 2004 C01-47339 to Guillermo Salgado-Maldonado, projects CONACyT SEMARNAT 2002 C01-1107/A-1 to Eduardo Soto-Galera, and CONACyT FOMIX CHIS-2007-07-77187 to Rocío Rodiles-Hernández). We thank Guillermo Salgado-Novelo, Luis Carlos Salgado-Novelo, Carlos Chávez Gloria, Jessica Pérez Sánchez, Minerva Hermosillo Hernández, Aliberth Mora Bonilla, Rogelio Aguilar-Aguilar, Mirza Patricia Ortega Olivares, Carlos Mendoza Palmero, David González Solís, and Ana María Santana Sánchez for their assistance in the field and laboratory. Thanks are due to Felipe Villegas Márquez for his technical assistance in preparing the illustration. We convey our special thanks to two anonymous reviewers and editor for their suggestions in improving the manuscript. This work is dedicated to my father Guillermo Salgado-Rodríguez, acknowledging his assistance about localities.

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  1. Laboratorio de Helmintología, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apartado Postal 70-153, 04510, Mexico, DF, Mexico

    Guillermo Salgado-Maldonado & Guillermina Cabañas-Carranza

  2. Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas y Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, Laboratorio de Parasitología de Animales Silvestres, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos, Avenida Universidad No. 1001, Colonia Chamilpa, 62209, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico

    Juan Manuel Caspeta-Mandujano

  3. Biology Centre of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Institute of Parasitology, Branišovská 31, 370 05, České Budějovice, Czech Republic

    František Moravec

  4. Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Laboratorio de Ictiología y Limnología, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Carpio y Plan de Ayala, Santo Tomás, 11340, Mexico, DF, Mexico

    Eduardo Soto-Galera

  5. Departamento de Ecología y Sistemática Acuáticas, División de Conservación de la Biodiversidad, El Colegio de la Frontera Sur (ECOSUR), Carretera Panamericana y Periférico Sur s/n, 29290, San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico

    Rocío Rodiles-Hernández

  6. Departamento de Ingeniería, Instituto Tecnológico de Boca del Río, Carretera Veracruz-Córdoba, Boca del Río, Veracruz, Mexico

    Jesús Montoya-Mendoza

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Salgado-Maldonado, G., Caspeta-Mandujano, J.M., Moravec, F. et al. Helminth parasites of freshwater fish in Chiapas, Mexico. Parasitol Res 108, 31–59 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-010-2035-3

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