A Checklist of Parasites in Catostomidae and Ictaluridae in the United States
Disciplines
Parasitology
Abstract (300 words maximum)
This parasitological survey presents an updated checklist of helminth species infecting the Catostomidae (suckers) and Ictaluridae (catfish), two families of primarily freshwater fish, and functions to consolidate data from parasitic infections present in these two families in the United States. I compiled a list of catostomid and ictalurid species and their common names from multiple published sources. I then used these names to search for published parasite surveys using Web of Science and the Natural History Museum’s Host-Parasite Database. I narrowed the parasite infection search by limiting searches to nematodes, cestodes, trematodes, isopods, copepods, monogeneans, and acanthocephalans. I collected parasitological data from 65 published papers on 54 catostomids and 79 published papers on 49 ictalurids. I report 344 parasite species from these two families. I report parasite data from 24 of the 50 states. Parasitological checklists are most useful for research when they are updated and completed, and they can aid in parasite identification or be used in ecological and evolutionary studies. This checklist offers parasite data for both Catostomidae and Ictaluridae from across the United States between the years 1927 - 2023. This survey combines parasite data from a variety of sources to provide a convenient and easy way to access and use parasitic infection data for Catostomidae and Ictaluridae families in the United States.
Academic department under which the project should be listed
CSM - Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology
Primary Investigator (PI) Name
Whitney Preisser
A Checklist of Parasites in Catostomidae and Ictaluridae in the United States
This parasitological survey presents an updated checklist of helminth species infecting the Catostomidae (suckers) and Ictaluridae (catfish), two families of primarily freshwater fish, and functions to consolidate data from parasitic infections present in these two families in the United States. I compiled a list of catostomid and ictalurid species and their common names from multiple published sources. I then used these names to search for published parasite surveys using Web of Science and the Natural History Museum’s Host-Parasite Database. I narrowed the parasite infection search by limiting searches to nematodes, cestodes, trematodes, isopods, copepods, monogeneans, and acanthocephalans. I collected parasitological data from 65 published papers on 54 catostomids and 79 published papers on 49 ictalurids. I report 344 parasite species from these two families. I report parasite data from 24 of the 50 states. Parasitological checklists are most useful for research when they are updated and completed, and they can aid in parasite identification or be used in ecological and evolutionary studies. This checklist offers parasite data for both Catostomidae and Ictaluridae from across the United States between the years 1927 - 2023. This survey combines parasite data from a variety of sources to provide a convenient and easy way to access and use parasitic infection data for Catostomidae and Ictaluridae families in the United States.