01906naa a2200277 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001902400440006010000180010424501280012226000090025052010770025965000120133665000200134865000100136865000100137865000220138865000230141065000240143365300170145765300170147470000260149170000180151770000210153577300720155620998522023-06-16       2018    bl uuuu     u00u1 u    #d7 a10.4025/actascibiolsci.v40i1.406212DOI1 aBORGES, W. F.  aParasites in Loricariidae from Brazilbchecklist and new records for fish from the Brazilian Amazon.h[electronic resource]  c2018  aThe aim of this study was to investigate the parasites fauna of Ancistrus leucostictus, Hypostomus ventromaculatus, Ancistrus sp. and Hemiancistrus sp. from the Igarapé Fortaleza River (Amapá State, Brazil), besides making a checklist of the parasite species in Loricariidae from Brazil. A total of 53 fishes were collected from November 2013 to August 2014. In the hosts, a total of 1,559 parasites of seven taxa were collected: Unilatus unilatus, Trinigyrus mourei, undetermined metacercariae, Genarchella gernachella, Raphidascaris (Sprentascaris) sp., Gorythocephalus elongorchis and Proteocephalus sp. Ectoparasite species were frequent in the examined Loricariidae species, which also had larval stages of endoparasites. The hosts with the highest sampled number, H. ventromaculatus and Ancistrus sp., had the highest parasite species richness. Loricariidae species from Brazil are parasitized by species of Protozoa, Monogenea, Nematoda, Digenea, Acantocephala, Cestoda, Crustacea and Hirudinea, but monogeneans, digeneans and nematodes were the predominant taxa.  aCatfish  aFreshwater fish  aHosts  aBagre  aHospedeiro Animal  aParasito de Animal  aPeixe de Água Doce  aEctoparasite  aEctoparasito1 aOLIVEIRA, M. S. B. de1 aSANTOS, G. G.1 aTAVARES-DIAS, M.  tActa Scientiarum. Biological Sciencesgv. 40, e40621, p. 1-9, 2018.