Survey on Some Helminthes Parasites of Synodontis schall

(Bloch and Schneider, 1801) at Blue Nile River , South-East of Khartoum, Sudan

Abstract

This survey was conducted during the period at April,2018 and terminated
in March, 2019, on the one main Fisheries sites in the Al Masid area on the Blue
Nile 60 km of South-East of Khartoum town. The study focused on the genus
Synodontis schall from Catfish family Mochokidae the survey covered some
endoparasite of the fresh water fishes in the Sudan 250 specimen were examined
the study found 83 fish in number were infected with Prevalence 33%,the total of
non-infected 147 specimen with Prevalence rate 58%. Seven of endoparasite
species isolated from the visceral organs of Synodontis schall 71 in number from
the stomach with Prevalence 28.1% 15 in number from the gills with Prevalence
5.9% and 7 in number from the intestine with Prevalance 2.8% the endoparasite
were isolated two species of nematodes identified spirocammllanu and Spinitectus
infected 83 number of Synodontis schall with Prevalance 58.1%, two species of
trematodes identified clinostomum and phagicola infected only one from the total
of fish numbers with Prevalence 0.4%, two species of curstean isolated from two
fish with Prevalance rate 0.8% identified as Argulus and lrenae cyprinceae and one
species of acanthocephalan larvae according to the sex the survey observed 142
male and 111 female were infected with Prevalence 56%, 43.9 respectively.
Keywords: Synodntis schall, Helminthes Parasites, Blue Nile River