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A new anisakid nematode, Hysterothylacium patagonense n. sp., is described from the intestine of the temperate bass Percichthys trucha (Cuvier & Valenciennes), a freshwater fish from Lake Aluminé, Patagonia, Argentina. It is characterised mainly by the absence of lateral alae, the length ratio of the caecum and ventricular appendix (1:0.9–1.8), the length of the spicules (0.952–1.292 mm) and the presence of minute spines on the tip of the tail. In the same locality and in Lake Huechulafquen, advanced third-stage and fourth-stage larvae of this parasite were also recorded from the digestive tract of the introduced salmonids, Salvelinus fontinalis (Mitchell), Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum) and Salmo trutta L. This is the second Hysterothylacium species described from freshwater fishes in South America. A key to Hysterothylacium species parasitising American freshwater fishes is provided.
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Moravec, F., Urawa, S. & Coria, C.O. Hysterothylacium patagonense n. sp. (Nematoda: Anisakidae) from freshwater fishes in Patagonia, Argentina, with a key to the species of Hysterothylacium in American freshwater fishes. Syst Parasitol 36, 31–38 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005783724680
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