This study describes three dactylogyrid monogenoids found on the gills of Siganus sutor, highlighting their status as new records in Iraq and the Arabian Gulf.
The current study dealing with morphological description of three species of dactylogyrid monogenoideans parasitic on gills of Shoemaker spinefoot Siganus sutor off Iraq. A total of 136 specimens of this fish, have been collected from November 2019 to the end of December 2020, to detect their ectoparasites. Dactylogyrid monogenoids included Glyphidohaptor safiensis (5.9%), Tetrancistrum indicum (17.7%) and Tetrancistrum labyrinthus (18.4%). All recorded monogenoides in the current study represent their first record and description in Iraq and the Arabian Gulf, In addition, S. sutor represents a new host record for these parasites in the World.
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