ANISAKIASIS OF PSEUDOTOLITHUS ELONGATUS (BOBO CROAKER) AND BOSTRYCHUS AFRICANUS (SLEEPER GOBY) BY MOLECULAR IDENTIFICATION TECHNIQUES, IN NIGERIA

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 National Biotechnology Development Agency Abuja

2 Department of Animal and Environmental Biology, Faculty of Science, Rivers State University, Port Harcourt, Nigeria

Abstract

Anisakis species species are identified by using molecular biology techniques due to the absen- 
ce larval diagnostic features in the fish host. This study identified anisakids by molecular tech
niques in Pseudotolithus elongatus and Bostrychus africanus caught from Rivers State. Parasite 
identification was accomplished at the Regional Center for Biotechnology and Bioresource Cent- 
er, University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria. NCBI blast confirmed Anisakis simplex, Anisakis br
evispiculata from Pseudotolithus elongatus and Goezia spinulosa, and Raphidascaroides brasili
ensis from B. africanus.

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