BIOLOGIYA MORYA, 2015, Vol. 41, No. 5, pp. 374-376

Parasites of coho salmon Oncorhynchus kisutch (Walbaum, 1792) fry from the Kronotskaya River (eastern Kamchatka)

© 2015 O. Yu. Busarova¹, A. A. Torlina¹, G. N. Markevich²

¹Primorye State Agricultural Academy, Ussuriisk 692510;
²Kronotsky State Nature Biosphere Reserve, Elizovo 684000

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Six species of parasites belonging to four classes were found in coho salmon Oncorhynchus kisutch (Walbaum, 1792) fry captured in the Kronotskaya River (eastern Kamchatka). These are Monogenea (Salmonchus alaskensis), Cestoda (Proteocephalus longicollis), Nematoda (Sterliadochona ephemeridarum, Cucullanus truttae, Philonema oncorhynchi), and Acantocephala (Neoechinorhynchus salmonis). The invasion intensity was not above 3 indiv.

Key words: coho salmon, Oncorhynchus kisutch, parasites, fry, Kronotskaya River, Kamchatka.