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Table 4 Zoonotic parasites carried by invasive alien fishes

From: Zoonotic parasites carried by invasive alien species in China

Invasive alien species

Common name

Parasites

Reference

Oncorhynchus mykiss

Rainbow trout

Diphyllobothrium dendriticum

[76]

D. latum

[128, 129]

Cryptosporidium sp.

[130]

Salvelinus forntinalis

Brook trout

D. dendriticum, D. latum

[131]

Piaractus mesopotamicus Holmberg

 

Eustrongylides sp.

[78]

Gambusia affinis

Mosquitofish

Centrocestus formosanus

[127, 132]

Haplorchis taichui

[127]

H. yokogawai

[67]

H. pumilio

[127, 133]

Stizostedion vitreum

Walleye

D. latum

[129]

Perca flavescens

Yellow Perch

D. latum

[129, 134]

Lucioperca lucioperca

Pike-perch

Eustrongylides sp.

[135]

Anisakis simplex

[136]

Cichlasoma managuense, Parachromis managuensis

 

Gnathostoma sp.

[137]

Oreochromis niloticus

Nile tilapia

H. pumilio, H. taichui, Procerovum varium, Metagonimus spp., C. sinensis

[80]

Gnathostoma sp.

[138]

Cryptosporidium spp., Prohemistomum spp.

[139]

C. formosanus

[140]

Oreochromis nilotica

Red tilapia

C. philippinensis

[141]

H. yokogawai

[67]

Tilapia zillii

 

Capillaria sp., Diphyllobothrium sp., H. nana, Trichostrongylus sp.

[142]

Oreochromis sp.

 

Cryptosporidium sp.

[130]

Oreochromis mossambicus

Black tilapia

C. sinensis

[75, 143]

Gnathostoma sp.

[138]

Clarias spp.

 

H. pumilio

[144]

(Clarias lazera Cuvier & Valenciennes Clarias macrocephalus Günther Clarias batrachus L.)

H. taichui (for C. batrachus), H. yokogawai (for C. batrachus)

[145]

Gnathostoma spinigerum

[146, 147]

Pangasius sp.

 

H. pumilio

[144]

C. formosanus

[148]

Siluris glanis

European catfish

Eustrongylides sp.

[135]

Ictalurus punctatus

Channel catfish

Eustrongylides sp.

[149]

Channa striata

Snakehead fish

H. pumilio, H. taichui, O. viverrini, Procerovum sp.

[150]

G. spinigerum

[147]

Channa micropeltes

 

Gnathostoma sp.

[151]

Lates calcarifer

Asian seabass

Cryptosporidium sp.

[130]

Cirrhina mrigala/Labeo rohita

Mrigal/Rohu

C. formosanus, C. sinensis, H. pumilio, H. taichui, H. yokogawai, P. varium

[145, 152]

Cyprinus carpio var. specularis.

Mirror carp

C. sinensis

[75, 153]

Cyprinus carpio var. Mirror splittered

 

C. formosanus, H. pumilio, H. yokogawai

[145]

O. viverrini

[154]

H. taichui

[127]

Carassius auratus Cuvieri Temminck & Schlegel

Japanese crucian carp

C. sinensis, Centrocestus armatus, Metagonimus takahashii, Metagonimus spp.

[127]

Haplorchis spp.

[155]

Metorchis orientalis

[65]

O. felineus

[72]

O. viverrini

[156]

H. yokogawai

[67]

Chalcalburnus chalcoides

 

Anisakis sp.

[157]