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Introduction and spread of non-native parasites with Silurus glanis L. (Teleostei: Siluridae) in UK fisheries

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 December 2011

A.J. Reading ,
J.R. Britton ,
G.D. Davies ,
A.P. Shinn  and
C.F. Williams
A.J. Reading*
Affiliation:
Environment Agency, Brampton, CambridgeshirePE28 4NE, UK
J.R. Britton
Affiliation:
Centre for Conservation Ecology and Environmental Science, School of Applied Sciences, Bournemouth University, PooleBH12 5BB, UK
G.D. Davies
Affiliation:
Environment Agency, Brampton, CambridgeshirePE28 4NE, UK
A.P. Shinn
Affiliation:
Institute of Aquaculture, University of Stirling, StirlingFK9 4LA, UK
C.F. Williams
Affiliation:
Environment Agency, Brampton, CambridgeshirePE28 4NE, UK
*
* E-mail: amy.reading@environment-agency.gov.uk
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Abstract

Despite growing concern of the ecological risks posed by the European catfish Siluris glanis L. in freshwater fisheries, little information exists on the parasite fauna of this silurid catfish in Britain. Parasitological examinations of released S. glanis from four still-water fisheries in England revealed the presence of Thaparocleidus vistulensis (Siwak, 1932) and Ergasilus sieboldi (Nordmann, 1832), both non-native parasites, the latter known to be an important fish pathogen. This represents the first record of T. vistulensis from British freshwater fish. The human-assisted movement of S. glanis between UK recreational still-water fisheries provides a clear avenue for the introduction and spread of non-native parasites.

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Journal of Helminthology , Volume 86 , Issue 4 , December 2012 , pp. 510 - 513
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2011

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