title: Two species of goby, Boleophthalmus pectinirostris and Scartelaos sp., as the new second intermediate hosts of heterophyid fluke in Korea.
abstract: A survey was performed in order to determine the infection status of the metacercariae of heterophyid fluke in two goby species, Boleophthalmus pectinirostris and Scartelaos sp., collected from Gangjin-gun, and Shinangun, Sooncheon-shi, Jeollanam-do, Republic of Korea. A total of three metacercariae of Heterophyopsis continua was found in only one B. pectinirostris (10.0%) from Gangjin-gun. Heterophyes nocens metacercariae were detected in 24 B. pectinirostris (96.0%) and 14 Scartelaos sp. (63.6%) from Shinan-gun. Heterophyopsis continua metacercariae were found in 11 B. pectinirostris (44.0%) and 21 Scartelaos sp. (95.5%) from Shinan-gun. Stictodora fuscata metacercariae were detected in 18 B. pectinirostris (72.0%) from Shinan-gun. No metacercariae were detected in 20 B. pectinirostris from Sooncheon-shi. From the above results, this study is the first to prove that B. pectinirostris and Scartelaos sp. serve as the second intermediate hosts of some heterophyid flukes in Korea.
authors.affiliation: Department of Parasitology and Institute of Health Sciences, Gyeongsang National University College of Medicine, Jinju, Korea. wmsohn@gsnu.ac.kr
authors.forename: Woon Mok
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Sohn
authors.forename: Jung A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Hyun Jae
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Song
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D007723:Korea; D010473:Perciformes / Q000469:parasitology*; D014200:Trematoda / Q000302:isolation & purification*