title: First record of the invasive Asian fish tapeworm Bothriocephalus acheilognathi in Honduras, Central America.
abstract: This paper provides the first report of the invasive Asian fish tapeworm, Bothriocephalus acheilognathi Yamaguti, 1934, in Honduras. The cestode was found in Profundulus portillorum (Cyprinodontiformes: Profundulidae), which represents a new host record, and which is a member of a genus faced with a variety of conservation challenges, now potentially complicated by the presence of this pathogenic cestode. Nearly complete sequence data from the ITS-1 5.8S and ITS-2 regions corroborate the determination based on morphological characteristics. Several species of carp were introduced to Honduras for aquaculture purposes in the early 1980s and the presence of the Asian fish tapeworm in Honduras may be related to these introductions. In addition, this report documents the currently known geographical distribution of this parasite in Central America, first recorded from Panamá and now from Honduras.
authors: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Biología, Laboratorio de Helmintología, Ciudad Universitaria, México, D. F.  
authors: Guillermo
authors: G
authors: Salgado-Maldonado
authors: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Biología, Laboratorio de Helmintología, Ciudad Universitaria, México, D. F.  
authors: Wilfredo A
authors: WA
authors: Matamoros
authors: Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS 39406, USA.
authors: Brian R
authors: BR
authors: Kreiser
authors: Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas y Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, Laboratorio de Parasitología de Animales Silvestres, Avenida Universidad 1001, Colonia Chamilpa, Cuernavaca, Morelos, México.
authors: Juan Manuel
authors: JM
authors: Caspeta-Mandujano
authors: Universidad Autónoma de Campeche, Instituto de Ecología, Pesquerías y Oceanografía del Golfo de México (EPOMEX), San Francisco de Campeche, Campeche, México.
authors: Edgar F
authors: EF
authors: Mendoza-Franco
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001208:Asia; D001483:Base Sequence; D002347:Carps / Q000469:parasitology; D002589:Cestoda / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002590:Cestode Infections / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D018509:DNA, Helminth / Q000235:genetics; D005393:Fish Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*; D006374:Helminthiasis, Animal / Q000469:parasitology; D006721:Honduras; D058865:Introduced Species; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
chemical_list: D018509:DNA, Helminth
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