Species Ichthyophthirius multifiliis Fouquet, 1876

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• Ichthyophthirius multifiliis Fouquet, –. 1876. Note sur une espèce d'Infusoires parasites des poissons d'eau douce. Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale v: 159-165.

Distribution

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine, symbiotic (host(s): Retropinna semoni (Weber, 1895) [RETROPINNIDAE] Australian Smelt (syn. Prototroctes semoni; skin, gills); Lates calcarifer (Bloch, 1790) [CENTROPOMIDAE] Barramundi, Giant Perch (skin, fins); Salmo trutta Linnaeus, 1758 [SALMONIDAE] Brown Trout (syn. S. fario; body surface); Gobiomorphus gobioides (Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1837) [ELEOTRIDAE] Bullie (Note: this species is endemic in New Zealand, host may be referable to G. coxii Krefft, 1864; body surface); Galaxias maculatus (Jenyns, 1842) [GALAXIIDAE] Common Galaxias (syn. G. attenuatus, G. scriba; body surface); Tandanus tandanus (Mitchell, 1838) [PLOTOSIDAE] Freshwater Catfish (syn. Plotosus tandanus, Capidoglanus tandanus; body surface); Carassius auratus (Linnaeus, 1758) [CYPRINIDAE] Golden Carp, Goldfish (syn. Cyprinus auratus; body surface); Macquaria ambigua (Richardson, 1845) [PERCICHTHYIDAE] Golden Perch (syn. Plectroplites ambiguus; skin, gills); Galaxias brevipinnis Günther, 1866 [GALAXIIDAE] Inangi, Climbing Galaxias (body surface); Melanotaenia eachamensis Allen & Cross, 1982 [MELANOTAENIIDAE] Lake Eacham Rainbowfish (body surface (exptl. infection)); Macquaria australasica Cuvier, 1830 [PERCICHTHYIDAE] Macquarie Perch (skin, gills); Maccullochella peelii (Mitchell, 1838) [PERCICHTHYIDAE] Murray Cod (syn. Acerina peeli; skin, gills); Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum, 1792) [SALMONIDAE] Rainbow Trout (as Salmo gairdneri; syn. S. irideus; body surface, fins); Gadopsis marmoratus Richardson, 1848 [PERCICHTHYIDAE] River Blackfish (body surface); Anguilla australis Richardson, 1841 [ANGUILLIDAE] Short-finned Eel (body surface); Bidyanus bidyanus (Mitchell, 1838) [TERAPONTIDAE] Silver Perch (skin, gills); Limnodynastes peronii (Dumeril & Bibron, 1841) [MYOBATRACHIDAE] Striped Marsh Frog (body surface of tadpoles (exptl. infection)); Maccullochella macquariensis (Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1829) [PERCICHTHYIDAE] Trout Cod (syn. M. mitchelli, Gryptes macquariensis; skin, gills); Melanotaenia splendida (Peters, 1866) [MELANOTAENIIDAE] Western Rainbowfish (body surface (exptl. infection)); Anguilla sp. [ANGUILLIDAE] (body surface, fins); Tetraodon sp. [TETRAODONTIDAE] (skin); Barbus sp. [CYPRINIDAE] (skin)).

Associated Fauna References

Anonymous 1933. Mortality in trout at Plenty Hatcheries. Salmon and Freshwater. Fish Commission Report, Hobart, Tasmania 11: 3-4, 13-14 (Oncorhynchus mykiss; Salmo trutta; Anguilla sp.)

Beumer, J.P., Ashburner, L.D., Burberry, M.E., Jetté, E. & Latham, D.J. 1982. A checklist of the parasites of fishes from Australia and its adjacent Antarctic territories. Technical Communication No. 48 of the Commonwealth Institute of Parasitology (Thanet Press, Margate). 1-99 pp. (Galaxias brevipinnis; Gadopsis marmoratus; Galaxias maculatus; Anguilla australis; Gobiomorphus gobioides; Oncorhynchus mykiss; Carassius auratus; Salmo trutta; Anguilla sp.)

Butcher, A.D. 1941. Outbreaks of white-spot or ichthyophthiriasis (Ichthyophthirius multifilis Fouquet, 1876) at the hatcheries of the Ballarat Fish Acclimatization Society with notes on laboratory experiments. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 53: 126-144 (Gadopsis marmoratus; Oncorhynchus mykiss; Salmo trutta)

Butcher, A.D. 1943. Observations on some phases of the life cycle of Ichthyophthirius multifilis Fouquet, 1876, a ciliate protozoan parasite of freshwater fish. The Australian Zoologist 10: 125-137 (Oncorhynchus mykiss; Carassius auratus; Salmo trutta)

Butcher, A.D. 1947. Ichthyophthiriasis in an Australian trout hatchery. Progressive Fish-Culturist 9: 21-26 (Galaxias brevipinnis; Gadopsis marmoratus; Galaxias maculatus; Anguilla australis; Gobiomorphus gobioides; Oncorhynchus mykiss; Carassius auratus; Salmo trutta)

Callinan, R.B. 1988. Diseases of Australian natives fishes. in Fish Diseases. Refresher Course forVeterinarians. Post Graduate Committee in Veterinary Science : Sydney. pp. 459-472 (Macquaria ambigua; Maccullochella peelii; Bidyanus bidyanus; Lates calcarifer)

Copland, J.W. & Grey, D.L. (ed.) 1987. International Workshop on Management of Wild and Cultured Sea bass/barramundi (Lates calcarifer). Darwin. (Lates calcarifer)

Diggles, B.K. & Adlard, R.D. 1995. Taxonomic affinities of Cryptocaryon irritans and Ichthyophthirius multifiliis inferred from ribosomal RNA sequence data. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 22: 39-43 (Carassius auratus)

Gleeson, D.J. 1999. Experimental infection of striped marshfrog tadpoles (Limnodynastes peronii) by Ichthyophthirius multifiliis. Journal of Parasitology 85: 568-570 (Limnodynastes peronii)

Gleeson, D.J., McCallum, H.I. & Owens, I.P.F. 2000. Differences in initial and acquired resistance to Ichthyophthirius multifiliis between populations of rainbowfish. Journal of Fish Biology 57: 466-475 (Melanotaenia eachamensis; Melanotaenia splendida)

Langdon, J.S. 1988. Diseases of introduced Australian fish in Fish Diseases. Refresher Course for Veterinarians. Post Graduate Committee in Veterinary Science: University of Sydney. pp. 225-276 (Macquaria ambigua; Maccullochella peelii; Carassius auratus)

Lynch, D.D. 1964. Fish diseases. Hobart : Inland Fish Commission Report. (Oncorhynchus mykiss)

Munday, B.L. 1976. Infectious diseases of farmed trout. Australian Veterinary Practitioner 6: 46-50 (Oncorhynchus mykiss)

Reddacliff, G.L. 1985. Diseases of Aquarium Fishes. A Practical Guide for the Australian Veterinarian. Veterinary Review No. 25 (Post Graduate Foundation in Veterinary Science: University of Sydney). (Tetraodon sp.; Barbus sp.)

Roughley, T.C. 1932. Note on white-spot disease of goldfish. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 57: 32-33 (Carassius auratus)

Rowland, S.J. & Ingram, B.A. 1991. Diseases of Australian native freshwater fishes with particular emphasis on the ectoparasitic and fungal diseases of Murray cod (Maccullochella peeli), golden perch (Macquaria ambigua) and silver perch (Bidyanus bidyanus). Fisheries Bulletin 4, N.S.W. Dept. Agric. & Fisheries. (Retropinna semoni; Macquaria ambigua; Maccullochella peelii; Bidyanus bidyanus; Macquaria australasica; Maccullochella macquariensis)

Selosse, P.M. & Rowland, S.J. 1990. Use of common salt to treat ichthyophthiriasis in Australian freshwater fishes. Progressive Fish-Culturist 52: 124-127 (Macquaria ambigua; Tandanus tandanus; Maccullochella peelii; Bidyanus bidyanus)

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