Identification of Parasites in Freshwater Fish
Disciplines
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Abstract (300 words maximum)
The purpose of this research project is to provide an identification guide for future researchers to be able to identify parasites in fishes. It can be hard to identify these parasites because they aren’t easy to find so, a guide will be more helpful to identify them. We performed dissections on multiple species of fish to find the different kinds of parasites. We used stereo microscopes to detect parasites in fish specimens and then we took pictures of them to create the identification guide. We were able to get pictures of the parasites and organize them. We found the following parasites and included them in our identification guide about our: nematodes (roundworms), cestodes (tapeworms), monogenean trematodes (trematodes gill flukes), digenean trematodes (flukes), and acanthocephalans (spiny-headed worms). This research will allow people to help identify parasites easier and help students or researchers in the future.
Keywords: identification, parasites, pictures, guide, pictures.
Academic department under which the project should be listed
CSM - Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology
Primary Investigator (PI) Name
Whitney Preisser
Identification of Parasites in Freshwater Fish
The purpose of this research project is to provide an identification guide for future researchers to be able to identify parasites in fishes. It can be hard to identify these parasites because they aren’t easy to find so, a guide will be more helpful to identify them. We performed dissections on multiple species of fish to find the different kinds of parasites. We used stereo microscopes to detect parasites in fish specimens and then we took pictures of them to create the identification guide. We were able to get pictures of the parasites and organize them. We found the following parasites and included them in our identification guide about our: nematodes (roundworms), cestodes (tapeworms), monogenean trematodes (trematodes gill flukes), digenean trematodes (flukes), and acanthocephalans (spiny-headed worms). This research will allow people to help identify parasites easier and help students or researchers in the future.
Keywords: identification, parasites, pictures, guide, pictures.