Parasites of the Spotted Sucker, Minytrema melanops (Cypriniformes: Catostomidae) from Arkansas and Oklahoma

Authors

Chris T. McAllister, Eastern Oklahoma St. CollegeFollow
Donald G. Cloutman, retiredFollow
Anindo Choudhury, St. Norbert CollegeFollow
Tomas Scholz, Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of SciencesFollow
Stanley E. Trauth, Arkansas State UniversityFollow
Thomas J. Fayton, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service-PAFollow
Henry W. Robison, retiredFollow

Keywords

Spotted Sucker, Minytrema melanops, Parasites, Oklahoma, Arkansas

Abstract

During October 2015, March and April 2016 and again between March and April 2017, 15 Spotted Sucker (Minytrema melanops) were collected from sites in the Ouachita (n = 5), Red (n = 1), and St. Francis (n = 5) river drainages, Arkansas, and the Arkansas River drainage, Oklahoma (n = 4), and examined for protozoan and metazoan parasites. Found were Calyptospora sp., Myxobolus sp., Pseudomurraytrema alabarrum, Biacetabulum banghami, Penarchigetes oklensis, and Acanthocephalus sp. New host and distributional records are documented for these parasites.

Recommended Citation

McAllister, Chris T.; Cloutman, Donald G.; Choudhury, Anindo; Scholz, Tomas; Trauth, Stanley E.; Fayton, Thomas J.; and Robison, Henry W. (2018) "Parasites of the Spotted Sucker, Minytrema melanops (Cypriniformes: Catostomidae) from Arkansas and Oklahoma," Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science: Vol. 72, Article 16.
https://doi.org/10.54119/jaas.2018.7224
Available at: https://scholarworks.uark.edu/jaas/vol72/iss1/16