Parasites of freshwater resident and anadromous Arctic charr ( Salvelinus alpinus) in Greenland

• Published in: Journal of Fish Biology
• Main Authors: Due, T. T., Curtis, M. A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1995
• Subjects: Arctic; Greenland; Arctic charr; Salvelinus alpinus
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8649.1995.tb01098.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1095-8649.1995.tb01098.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1095-8649.1995.tb01098.x

Twenty‐one metazoan parasite species were found in Arctic charr at three coastal sites in west Greenland, including Neascus sp. and the nematode Pseudoterranova decipiens , new records for Arctic charr. Twelve species are new records for Arctic charr in Greenland. The quantitative composition of the parasite communities varied, but the freshwater species ( Diphyllobothrium ditremwn, Eubothriutn salvelini, Proteocephalus longicollis, Crepidostotnutn farianis ) were usually numerically dominant, even in anadromous fish. The absence from Greenland of Mysidacea, Amphipoda, Ephemeroptera and Odonata excludes parasites requiring such organisms as intermediate hosts, including the cestode Cyathocephalus truncatus , nematodes of the genus Cystidicola , and freshwater acanthocephalans.