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Cestode species of the genus Grillotia Guiart, 1927 are among the most commonly encountered trypanorhynch cestodes, either as the adult in elasmobranchs or as the plerocercus (larval stage) in teleost fishes. In this study, we report Grillotia erinaceus (Cestoda: Trypanorhyncha) from a teleost fish, Torpedo scad, Megalaspis cordyla (Linnaeus, 1758), from the Persian Gulf for the first time. The specimens of G. erinaceus were obtained from subcutaneous tissues of Torpedo scad collected from a fish market in Bandar Abbas, Iran. No reaction, inflammation or exudate was seen in examined tissues.

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Fish parasite Infection Commercial fisheries Marine environments Iran.

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Hassan BORJI, Department of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran

Department of Pathobiology, Full Professor

Saeed YAGHFOORI, Department of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran.

Department of Pathobiology, Postdoctoral Researcher

Mehdi GHANBARIFARDI, Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Sistan and Baluchestan, Zahedan, Iran.

Assistant Professor
How to Cite
BORJI, H., YAGHFOORI, S., ABEDI, V., GHANBARIFARDI, M., & SOLTANI EINI, M. (2018). Detection of Grillotia erinaceus (Cestoda: Trypanorhyncha) in Megalaspis cordyla (Linnaeus, 1758) (Perciformes: Carangidae) from the Persian Gulf. Iranian Journal of Ichthyology, 5(1), 81–85. https://doi.org/10.22034/iji.v5i1.242

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