Morphometric characteristics of Monascus filiformis (Rudolphi, 1819) (Digenea: Fellodistomidae) of Nemipterus furcosus from the South China Sea

Riad Mohamed  Elshawesh

doi:10.36602/jsba.2022.14.24

Authors

Riad Mohamed Elshawesh Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Misurata University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36602/jsba.2022.14.24

Keywords:

Marine fish Parasites, Digenetic trematodes, Fellodistomidae, South China Sea, Malaysia - Terengganu coast

Abstract

This study is based on three specimens of Monascus filiformis (Rudolphi, 1819) Looss, 1907 collected by R.M. Elshawesh of marine fish from the South China Sea. All these specimens were from 369 Nemipterus furcosus (Nemipteridae). The parasite was described originally by Rudolphi (1819) as Distoma filiformis from the intestine marine teleosts. A detailed description of M. filiformis is being presented in this paper in order to amplify the exceedingly brief diagnosis, with one figure, by Rudolphi. The worms of this study were fixed in 70% ethyl alcohol, stained in alum-carmine, and mounted in balsam. Dollfus (1947) has presented a brief historical account of the genus Monascus Looss, 1907. The parasite (M. filiformis) is reported here for the first time from the Malaysian coastal waters of the South China Sea.

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