Hoang-Ha Thi Nguyen, Ha Van Nguyen, Hoang Van Hien, Nguyen Ngoc Chinh, Vinh Thi Thanh Truong, Van Van Kim, Truong Dinh Hoai, Phuc Pham Duc, Stephen E Greiman, Hung Manh Nguyen
Between 2010 and 2023, a longitudinal study was undertaken to uncover the diversity of the parasite fauna of marine fishes in the Cat Ba Archipelago, a world biosphere reserve, in Vietnam. A total of 1,042 specimens representing 80 different fish species were collected and examined. Of these, 68 fish species, represented by 994 specimens (95.39%), were infected with parasites. A total of 162 parasitic species were discovered, including 54 trematodes, 37 monogeneans, 27 crustaceans, 15 myxozoans, 10 acanthocephalans, 10 nematodes, 7 cestodes, and 2 hirudineans...
February 14, 2024: Systematic Parasitology