Majid Abdul Aziz Bannai¹ , Essa T. Muhammad²

1. Aquaculture and Fisheries, Marine Fisheries, Marine Science Center, University of Basrah, Iraq
2. Marine Invertebrate, Marine Fisheries, Marine Science Center, University of Basrah, Iraq
Author    Correspondence author
International Journal of Marine Science, 2015, Vol. 5, No. 15   doi: 10.5376/ijms.2015.05.0015
Received: 22 Feb., 2015    Accepted: 15 Mar., 2015    Published: 23 Mar., 2015

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Bannai and Muhammad, 2015, Occurrence of Lepocreadioides orientalis Park, 1939 and Lepocreadioides sp. (Trematoda: Lepocreadiidae) from Psettodes erumei and Sillago sihama from the Iraqi Marine water, International Journal of Marine Science, Vol.5, No.15 1-3 (doi: 10.5376/ijms.2015.05.0015)

During the investigation of Psettodes erumei and Sillago sihama two different parasites were detected Lepocreadioides orientalisPark,1939and Lepocreadioides sp. Fish specimens were collected from the Arabian Gulf during the year 2013. The results indicated that these two parasites are considered as having new hosts viz, P. erumei and S. sihama and as new records in the Iraqi marine fishes.

Trematoda; Lepocreadiidae; Lepocreadioides; Psettodes erumei; Sillago sihama; Arabian Gulf