Common Parasitic Diseases of Selected Fish Orders and Families
Parasite | Cyprinidae | Characiformes | Loricariidae | Cichlidae | Poeciliidae | Osphronemidae |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ciliates | ||||||
Ichthyophthirius (Ich) | √ | √ | √ | |||
Chilodonella | √ | |||||
Tetrahymena | √ | √ | ||||
Flagellates | ||||||
Ichthyobodo | √ | √ | ||||
Piscinoodinium | √ | |||||
Spironucleus | √ | √ | ||||
Cryptobia | √ | |||||
Coccidia | √ | |||||
Myxozoans | √ | |||||
Cestodes | √ | √ | ||||
Monogeneans | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | |
Gyrodactylids | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ |
Ancyrocephalids | √ | √ | √ | |||
Dactylogyrids | √ | |||||
Nematodes | √ | √ | √ | |||
Note:Susceptibility of specific families of fish to specific pathogens is implied; however, the absence of mention of a specific pathogen does not mean that other families of fish are not susceptible. | ||||||