@article{Malekzehi_Esmaeili_Zareian_Farahani_Pazira_2014, title={Incidence of Lernaea (Crustacea: Copepoda) parasitic in the Mashkid River Basin, Southeast of Iran}, volume={2}, url={https://ij-aquaticbiology.com/index.php/ijab/article/view/17}, DOI={10.22034/ijab.v2i1.17}, abstractNote={<p>In the present investigation, <em>Lernaea</em> parasite was reported in the examined fish species, collected from the Mashkid River basin, Southeast of Iran in 2012 and 2013. <em>Lernaea</em> parasites were isolated from the external surface of eye, fins, operculum and body of the <em>Bangana dero, </em><em>Cyprinion microphthalmus, Gonorhynchus diplocheilus </em>(Cyprinidae), <em>Aphanius dispar </em>(Cyprinodontidae), <em>Channa gachua</em> (Channidae) in different water bodies. The highest infection was found in native fish, <em>B. dero </em>with nine parasites in single specimen. The exotic fishes were not infected.</p>}, number={1}, journal={International Journal of Aquatic Biology}, author={Malekzehi, Mohammad Hashem and Esmaeili, Hamid Reza and Zareian, Halimeh and Farahani, Zahra and Pazira, Abdolrahim}, year={2014}, month={Feb.}, pages={9–13} }