Review of freshwater fish parasitofauna of Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Review of freshwater fish parasitofauna of Bosnia and Herzegovina Isat Skenderovic 1
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Avdul Adrovic 1 & Adnan Jazic 2 & Almedina Zuko 2 & Edin Hadzimustafic 1
Received: 5 June 2020 / Accepted: 8 July 2020 # Institute of Zoology, Slovak Academy of Sciences 2020
Abstract This paper contains results from ichthyofaunal research of freshwater fish in Bosnia and Herzegovina during 20th and at the beginning of twenty-first century. We found presence of more than 100 parasitic species from different groups in 52 freshwater fish species from Black Sea and Adriatic basins and some breeding ponds. Detected parasites belong to Trematoda – 25 species, Monogenea – 15, Cestoda – 16, Nematoda – 15, Acanthocephala - 11, Oligohymenophorea - 5, Phyllopharyngea - 3, and Copepoda – 2 species. Other detected parasite groups are Kinetoplastea, Trepomonadea, Myxosporea, Myxoza, Ichthyostraca, Clitellata and Bivalvia with one species each. This study shows the necessity of research of complete parasitic fauna of freshwater fish in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Keywords Parasitic fauna . Freshwater fish . Overview . Bosnia and Herzegovina
Introduction Bosnia and Herzegovina is a mountainous country, with the Sava River in the north, and Adriatic Sea in the south. Northern mountainous area turns into hills then into plains of Posavina. Dinarides are cut with many river flows and cover most of the area of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Bosnia and Herzegovina is blessed with high level of biodiversity of flora and fauna, and that wealth is a result of combination of favorable ecological factors. Geographical position, geological structure, relief, vegetation and proximity to the Mediterranean, as the main climatic factors, determine the existence of three climatic types in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Diversity of natural ecosystems causes richness and diversity of fauna to which parasites are connected as well. At the start of the 20th century there were few ichtyoparasitic researches. These researches were intensified during the middle of the 20th century when many papers in this area were published. Rivers of Bosnia and Herzegovina are part of Black Sea and Adriatic basins. Most of the rivers are part of Black Sea
* Isat Skenderovic [email protected] 1
Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, University of Tuzla, 75000 Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Veterinary Faculty, University of Sarajevo, 71000 Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
basin and less are part of Adriatic basin. Biggest basins are formed by the Bosna, Vrbas and Neretva rivers, while basins of the Una and Drina are border rivers and do not completely belong to Bosnia and Herzegovina. Bosnia and Herzegovina is also rich with underground water, undercurrents which are limited to karst plains (Trebišnjica, Šuica, Zalomska, Mušnica and other). Water in Bosnia and Herzegovina due to its habitat diversity and favorable conditions is rich in fish, especially Salmonidae and Cyprinidae. According to Sofradžija’s (2009) in Bosnia and Herzegovina there are 118 (sub) species in 7
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