Abstract
BackgroundThe mugilid fish Liza haematocheila (syn. Mugil soiuy), native to the Western North Pacific, provides opportunities to examine the changes of its parasite fauna after its translocation to the Sea of Azov and subsequent establishment in the Black Sea. However, the information on macroparasites of this host in both ranges of its current distribution comes from isolated studies published in difficult-to-access literature sources.Materials and methodsData from 53 publications, predominantly in Chinese, Russian and Ukrainian, were compiled from an extensive search of the literature and the Host-Parasite Database maintained up to 2005 at the Natural History Museum, London.ResultsThe complete checklist of the metazoan parasites of L. haematocheila throughout its distributional range comprises summarised information for 69 nominal species of helminth and ectoparasitic crustacean parasites, from 45 genera and 27 families (370 host-parasite records in total) and includes the name of the parasite species, the area/locality of the host capture, and the author and date of the published record. The taxonomy is updated and the validity of the records and synonymies are critically evaluated. A comparison of the parasite faunas based on the records in the native and introduced/invasive range of L. haematocheila suggests that a large number of parasite species was 'lost' in the new distributional range whereas an even greater number was 'gained'.ConclusionAlthough the present checklist provides information that will facilitate future studies, the interesting question of macroparasite faunal diversity in L. haematocheila in its natural and introduced/invasive ranges cannot be dealt with the current data because of unreliability associated with the large number of non-documented and questionable records. This stresses the importance of data quality analysis in using host-parasite database and checklist data.
Highlights
A comparison of the parasite faunas based on the records in the native and introduced/invasive range of L. haematocheila suggests that a large number of parasite species was 'lost' in the new distributional range whereas an even greater number was 'gained'
Conclusion: the present checklist provides information that will facilitate future studies, the interesting question of macroparasite faunal diversity in L. haematocheila in its natural and introduced/invasive ranges cannot be dealt with the current data because of unreliability associated with the large number of non-documented and questionable records
This paper presents the first checklist of helminth and crustacean parasite species recorded in L. haematocheila in which largely scattered host-parasite records written in Chinese, Russian and Ukrainian and from difficult-toaccess literature sources are compiled in an attempt to provide a biogeographical framework for future research on the role of parasites in the possible outcomes of invasion of L. haematocheila in the Mediterranean
Summary
Mugil soiuy), native to the Western North Pacific, provides opportunities to examine the changes of its parasite fauna after its translocation to the Sea of Azov and subsequent establishment in the Black Sea. the information on macroparasites of this host in both ranges of its current distribution comes from isolated studies published in difficult-to-access literature sources. Parasites & Vectors 2008, 1:48 http://www.parasitesandvectors.com/content/1/1/48 port commercial fisheries [4] and is the most abundant mugilid species present [5]. This species has already been established in the north-eastern Black Sea where it is a subject to commercial fisheries in Russia and the Ukraine since 1995. L. haematocheila has been recorded in the Aegean Sea and Starushenko & Kazanski [7] predicted its ongoing invasion towards the Western Mediterranean
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