New Records of Helminth Parasites (Trematoda, Cestoda, Nematoda) from Fishes in the Arkansas and Red River Drainages, Oklahoma

Abstract

Between November 2014 and November 2016, 85 individual fishes (13 taxa from seven families) were collected from four sites in the Arkansas River drainage and three sites in Red River drainage of Oklahoma and examined for helminth parasites. Eighteen endoparasites (six trematodes, five cestodes, seven nematodes) were found in 32 of 85 (38%) fish including: Alloglossidium progeneticum in Black Bullheads (Ameiurus melas), Clinostomum marginatum in Slendar Madtoms (Noturus exilis), Crepidostomum sp. in a Plateau Darter (Etheostoma squamosum), Caecincola sp. in Slenderhead Darters (Percina phoxocephala), Posthodiplostomum minimum in a Redspot Chub (Nocomis asper), unknown metacercariae in a Slim Minnow (Pimephales tenellus), Bothriocephalus claviceps in a Banded Sculpin (Uranidea carolinae) and a Cardinal Shiner (Luxilus cardinalis), Essexiella fimbriatum in a Yellow Bullhead (Ameiurus natalis) and in an A. melas, Proteocephalus ambloplitis in a Western Creek Chubsucker (Erimyzon claviformis), Proteocephalus sp. in an E. squamosum and Grass Pickerels (Esox americanus), Schyzocotyle acheilognathi in E. claviformis, Rhabdochona cascadilla in L. cardinalis, Spinitectus micracanthus from largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides), Dichelyne robusta and Spinitectus macrospinosus in a channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus), Spiroxys sp. in E. claviformis, Textrema hopkinsi from a M. salmoides, and unknown larval nematodes in an E. americanus. Thirteen new host and six new geographic distributional records are documented.