To each his own: no evidence of gyrodactylid parasite host switches from invasive poeciliid fishes to Goodea atripinnis Jordan (Cyprinodontiformes: Goodeidae), the most dominant endemic freshwater goodeid fish in the Mexican Highlands

BACKGROUND: Goodeid topminnows are live-bearing fishes endemic to the Mexican Highlands (Mesa Central, MC). Unfortunately, in the MC, environmental degradation and introduced species have pushed several goodeid species to the brink of extinction. Invasive fishes can introduce exotic parasites, and t...

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Autores principales: Rubio-Godoy, Miguel, Razo-Mendivil, Ulises, García-Vásquez, Adriana, Freeman, Mark A., Shinn, Andrew P., Paladini, Giuseppe
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
Materias:
Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5123338/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27884209
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-016-1861-2

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