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    ACTA IC HTH YOLOGICA ET PISC AT ORIA

    Vol. 1 1970

    jerzy RYNKIEWICZ

    TH E PARASITE FAUNA OF GAR-FISH - BELONE BELONE (L.)


    FR OM PUCK BAY
    PARAZYTOFAUNA B ELONY - BELONE BELONE (L.)
    Z ZATOKI PUCKIEJ

    From Department of Ichthyology


    Head: Prof. Dr. Eugeniusz Grabda

    From 1966 to 1967 the :J.uthor carried out an


    investigation on the helminth fauna of gar-fish
    Belone belone (L,) from Puck Bay of the Bal­
    tic. It was established·, the next species pa­
    rasitise in gar-fish: Diplostomum spathaceum
    (Rud.), Tylodelphys sp., Scolex pleuronectis
    Miill, , Contracaecum aduncum (Rud.) , Cucu1-
    lanus truttae (Fabricius), Pomphorhynchus
    laevis (Zoega), and Neoechinorhynchus ruti­
    li (Miill. ). With exception of Pomphorhynchus
    laevis (Zoega) they were not found in gar-fish
    yet, but they occur commonly in the other Po­
    lish fishes.

    The present work comprises the results of examination of gar-fishes for


    helminth parasites, Only a little information exists in Polish literature con­
    cerning the parasites of this fish species in Polish territorial waters of the
    Baltic Sea. The internal parasites were studied by J. Grabda (in press) , but
    she found only one species of acanthocephalan - Pomphorhynchus laevis
    (Zoega). The researches of Pr o s t (1967), carried on gar-fishes from
    Puck Bay, concerned exclusively monogeneans. This author did not find any
    parasite of this group in 176 fishes examined. Wa g e n e r (1909) found
    no parasites in this fish species in the territories immediately neighboring
    to Poland. He gave only a short notethat nothing had been found in gar-fish,
    without precise of information on the number of fishes examined and their
    origin. Probably the fishes were caught in the environs of Kaliningrad, from
    where the majority of his materials originated. E n g e 1 b r e c h t (1958)
    found only the larvae of Terranova decipiens and Cercaria sp. in gar-fishes
    from the environs of Greifswald and Kleinen Haff (GDR).

    The scarcity of information on the parasites of gar-fish in the southern


    part of the Baltic S.ea has inclined the author to undertake studies on helminth
    parasites of this fish species.
    104 J. Rynkiewicz

    In our territorial water gar-fish is taken in net seasonally from May to


    August, and the researches were carried on in this period of the year.
    In 1966 examination were made on 70 frozen specimens a total length range
    from 530 to 781 mm, and weigh from 175 to 440 g; and in 1967 eighty freshly
    caught fishes from 635 to 810 mm, in length and from 250 to 840 g. in weigh
    were used for investigations.
    In this material 7 species of parasites belonging to Digenea, Cestoda,
    Nematoda and Acanthocephala were found.

    DIGENEA

    1. Diplostomum spathaceum (Ru d o 1 p h i, 1819)


    This species was found in 1967 in 8 fishes out of 80 examined specimens.
    Single metacercariae occured in eye lenses.
    In Poland this species is a common parasite of many fresh water fishes.
    In Puck Bay it was found in 8 species of fishes (C i c h o w l a s, 1961)
    In gar-fish in Poland reported for the first time,

    2. Tylodelphys�.
    Single specimen of metacercaria was found in the vitreous body of the eye
    of one fish.

    CESTODA

    1. Scolex pleuronectis M i.i 1 1 e r, 1788


    In the intestine of one fish 243 specimens of the larvae were found in 1966.
    Under this name the larvae belonging to different genera and species of the
    ordo Tetraphyllidea are ranged, ,According to Yamaguti (after B y h o v­
    s k i j, 1962) five types of larvae may be distinguished within it. The author's
    specimens were found only once in the intestine of a frozen fish, so their
    structure was not very clear and precise determination was impossible.

    NEMATODA

    1. Contracaecum adun� (Ru d o 1 p h i, 1802)


    Single specimens were found in the intestine of 6 fishes out of 80 specimens
    examined in 1967. The parasite is common in brackish- and salt water. In
    gar-fish in Poland repcrted for the first time.
    The parasite fauna of gar-fish - Belone belone (L.).,. 105

    2. Cucullanus truttae (F a b r i c i u s, 1794)


    ln 1966 the incidence of infestation amounted to 9% and the intensity was 1
    to 2 specimens in the intestine of one fish. In Poland this species was found
    in salmon trout (Salmo trutta trutta L.) (Wierzbicki in Grabda, in press) and
    in sheat-fish (Silurus glanis L.) (E j s y m o n t, 1964).

    ACANTHOCEPHALA

    1. Pomphorhynchus laevis (Z o e g a in M ii 1 1 e r, 1776)


    This acanthocephalan species dominated over the other parasites of gar­
    -fish. In 1966 the incidence of infestation amounted to 40% and the intensity
    to 1-6 specimens in a fish. In 1967 the incidence was 15% and the intensity
    1-2 specimens. The species occur in marine and freshwater fishes as well.
    Common in Poland. In gar-fish reported by J, Grabda (in press).

    2. Neoechinorhynchus rutili (M ii 1 1 e r, 1780)


    This acanthocephalan species was found in 1966 in one gar-fish in a number
    of 7 specimens, In 1967 this parasite was not found. The species is common
    in Poland; it occurs in many species of freshwater fishes, sporadically in
    marine fishes, In gar-fish in Poland reported for the first time.

    REFERENCES

    B y h o v s k i j B.E. (red,), 1962: Opredelitel' parazitov presnovodnyh


    ryb SSSR. Moskva - Leningrad.

    E j s y m o n t L,, 1964: Pasozyty jelitowe suma (Silurus glanis L,) w rzece


    Biebrzy. Wiad. Parazytol., X, 4-5. Wroclaw.

    E n g e 1 b r e c h t H., 1958: Untersuchungen iiber den Parasiten befall


    der Nutzfische im Greifswalde Boden und Kleinen Haff. Z,Fish,, VII, 7 /8.

    Gr a b d a J.: Kolcoglowy - Acanthocephala. Katalog Fauny Polski. X (in


    press).

    G r a b d a J. : Pasozyty smoczkoustych i ryb - Parasita Cyclostomorum et


    Piscium, 11 - Katalog Fauny Pasozytniczej Polski (in press),

    P r o s t M,, 1967: Comparison of Monogenoidea fauna of some species of


    fishes from the Mediterranean, Adriatic and Baltic seas. Acta Parasi­
    tol. Pol., XIV, 32,

    W e g e n e r G., 1909: Die Ektoparasiten der Fische Ostpreussens. Sehr.


    phys, okon. Ges.50. Konigsberg.
    106 J, Rynkiewicz

    PARAZYTOFAUNA BELONY - BELONE BELONE (L,)


    Z ZATOKI PUCKIEJ

    Streszczenie

    W latach 1966-1967 przebadano 150 ryb o ci�zarze 175-840 g i dlugosci


    (longitudo corporis /longitudo totalis) 51 /53-77 /81 cm z Zatoki Puckiej,
    Stwierdzono nast�pujqce gatunki pasozyt6w: Diplostomum spathaceum (Rudol­
    phi, 1819), Tylodelphys sp. , Scolex pleuronectis Muller, 1788 ,Contracaecum
    aduncum (Rudolphi, 1802), Cucullanus truttae (Fabricius, 1794), Pomphor­
    hynchus laevis (Zoega in Muller, 1776) i Neoechinorhynchus rutili (Muller,
    1780) . Sq to gatunki pospolite, wyst�pujqce w Polsce u r6znych gatunk6w
    ryb; U belony z wyjqtkiem Pomphorhynchus laevis notowane w kraju po raz
    pierwszy.

    ITAPASJ!lTO\llAYHA CAPrAHA - BELONE BELONE (L.) 1rn ITYUKOro 3AJI!t1BA

    Pe s IOM e

    B 1966-1967 rr. o6CJI6;z\OBaHO 15J Sirn. ph!6 52/53-77 /81 UM- ;z\Jil1Hhl (lon­
    gitudo corporis / longi tudo totalis) 11 175-840 rp. Beca 9 l13 IIyIJ;IWrO 3aJil1Ba,
    Eh!Jil'l o6HapymeHh! CJie;zi;yI0�11e Bl'l;z\hl napa311TOB: Diplostomum spathaceum (Rudol­
    phi, 1819), Tylodelphys sp., Scolex pleuronectis Muller, 1788, Contraca­
    ecum aduncum (Rudolphi, 1802), Cucullanus truttae (Fabricius, 1794),Pom­
    phorhynchus laevis (Zoega in Muller, 1776)� Neaechinorhynchus rutili (Mul­
    ler, 1780), 8TO 06bIKHOB6HHhl6 Bl'l;z\bl, HaXO;z\6HHhl6 B ITom,rne l1 y ;zi;pyrwx Bl1;z\OB
    pbI6, Omn sa l1CIW!Ol!6Hl16M Pomphorhynchus laevis (Zoega) BrrepBbie aaper11c­
    Tpl1POBaHhl B cTpaHe y capraHa.

    Address:
    Mgr Jerzy Rynkiewicz
    Katedra Ichtiologii WSR
    Szczecin, ul.Kazimierza Kr6lewicza 4
    Polska - Poland

    Received 10. V. 1969

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