MATERIALS ON PARASITE FAUNA OF HYDROBIONTSIN "MOSKVARIUM"

Parasites collected during routine control and diagnostic dissections were identified in the Laboratory of Biology and Biological Basis of Preventive Measures of the VNIIP – FSC VIEV RAS in 2016–2020. The examination of parasite samples from 10 marine and freshwater fish species from the Moscow Oceanarium "Moskvarium" identified 7 endo- and 3 ectoparasite species: Hysterothylacium sp. nematode larvae from the intestines of the yellow tang (Zebrasoma xanthurum) and Raphidascaris sp. from the elephant trunkfish (Gnathonemus petersii); the nematode Capillostrongyloides sp. from the intestines of the mouth-breeder (Pseudocrenilabrus multicolor) and Spirocamallanus sp. from the forceps fish (Chelmon rostratus) and the ephippium (Chaetodon ephippium); the nematode Cucullanus sp. from the gallbladder of the balloonfish (Arothron manilensis); a plerocercoid of the proteocephalid cestode from the body cavity of the elephant trunkfish (Gnathonemus petersii); monogeneas Neobenedenia cf. melleni from the body surface of the batfish (Platax orbicularis); a copepod Pseudocharopinus sp. from the spiracle of the blue-spotted stingray (Dasyatis kuhlii); and an isopod of Cymothoa sp. from the mouth of the blaasop (Arothron sp.). The data obtained demonstrate a wide variety of the parasite fauna in hydrobionts in the oceanarium that is worthy of serious attention and more detailed study.