title: Occurrence of Clinostomum complanatum in Aphanius dispar (Actinoptrygii: Cyprinodontidae) collected from Mehran River, Hormuzgan Province, South of Iran.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the possibility of Aphanius dispar (A.dispar) acting as intermediate host for Clinostomum complanatum (C. complanatum), from Mehran River, Hormuzgan Province of Iran.
  
  
  METHODS
  During a biological study of A. dispar in Mehran River, Hormuzgan Province, South of Iran, a total of 97 fish specimens were collected in 24 January 2006.
  
  
  RESULTS
  4 specimens (4.12%) including 1 male and 3 female were found infected with C. complanatum metacercaria. These metacercaria were coiled in the epiderm on the body surface of infected fishes. The infection is known as yellow spot disease. The parasite abundance, intensity and prevalence were 0.05%, 1.25% and 4.12%, respectively. The infection was higher in females than males.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report on occurrence of C. complanatum metacercaria in A. dispar in Iran.
authors.affiliation: Department of Geo- and Environmental Sciences, Palaeontology and Geobiology Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, 80333, Germany.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Gholami
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Mobedi
authors.forename: H R
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Esmaeili
authors.forename: E B
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Kia
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D005399:Fishes / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000469:parasitology*; D006790:Host-Parasite Interactions; D007492:Iran; D008297:Male; D058488:Metacercariae / Q000469:parasitology; D010986:Platyhelminths; D045483:Rivers
keywords: Aphanius dispar; Clinostomum complanatum; Hormuzgan province; Iran; Metacercaria