CESTODES OF THE BULL SHARK CARCHARHINUS LEUCAS IN CHACHALACAS BEACH, VERACRUZ, MEXICO

• Autores: Méndez, Oscar, Dorantes González, Miguel Ángel
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2013
• Institución: Universidad Nacional Federico Villarreal
• Repositorio: Revistas - Universidad Nacional Federico Villarreal
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:ojs2.revistas.unfv.edu.pe:article/959
• Enlace del recurso: https://revistas.unfv.edu.pe/NH/article/view/959
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Diet; Helminthes; parasites; spiral valve; Veracruz.; Dieta; helmintos; parásitos; válvula espiral

The spiral valve (intestine) of a bull shark Carcharhinus leucas (Valenciennes, 1841) caught by artisanal fisheries at Chachalacas Beach, Veracruz Mexico was examined for helminth parasites. A total of 303 collected cestodes belonging to eight species: Callitetrarhynchus cf. gracilis (Rudolphi, 1819); Cathetocephalus cf. thatcheri Dailey & Overstreet, 1973; Eutetrarhynchidae sp.; Otobothrium sp. 1; Otobothrium sp. 2; Paraorygmatobothrium sp. 1; Paraorygmatobothrium sp. 2 and Phoreiobothrium sp. The bull shark feeds on a wide range of prey mainly bony fish. This is the first record of cestodos in the bull shark off the coast of Veracruz Mexico.