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BIO Web Conf.
Volume 156, 2025
The 6th International Conference on Fisheries, Aquatic, and Environmental Sciences (ICFAES 2024)
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Article Number | 03034 | |
Number of page(s) | 11 | |
Section | Fisheries (Biodiversity, Aquaculture, Food and Nutrition, Sustainable Seafood, Natural Resources, Conservation, Capture Fisheries) | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/bioconf/202515603034 | |
Published online | 30 January 2025 |
Fish ectoparasite in public aquarium
1 Research Center for Food Technology and Processing, Gunung Kidul 55861, Indonesia
2 Center for Fish Health and Environmental Assessment-MMAF, Serang 42167, Indonesia
3 Research Center for Deep Sea, Ambon 97233, Indonesia
4 Research Center for Veterinary Science, Cibinong 16911, Indonesia
* Corresponding author: nand021@brin.go.id
Ectoparasite infestation is a problem related to fish health commonly found in aquaculture activities including ornamental fish that are kept in public aquariums for exhibition. Parasite infestation can trigger various diseases or other health problems. Identification and inventory of ectoparasites become necessary to avoid it. This paper describes the results of ectoparasite inventories in fish that kept in public aquariums facility. An inventory of ectoparasites was carried out through non-lethal sampling using skin scrapping and gill biopsy techniques by wet mount then observed under the microscope. Five groups of parasites (Protozoa, Monogeneans, Digeneas, Copepod, Isopod) infest nine species of fish in the aquarium facilities and dominated by Monogeneans. The highest number of parasite species was detected in seawater quarantine pond. Carassius auratus auratus is a freshwater fish which have the most parasitic infestations. Meanwhile, the seawater fish with the most parasitic infestations was Diodon sp. Parasitic infestation not always shows clinical symptoms. Trachinoctus blochii infested by Cryptocaryon sp. showed skin lesions and became fish have noticeable clinical change. Prevention of the entry of parasites, quarantine processes, and application of systems for breaking the life cycle of parasites important in parasite control in public aquarium.
© The Authors, published by EDP Sciences, 2025
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