Morphomolecular Characterization of Rhadinorhynchus niloticus (Acanthocephala: Rhadinorhynchidae) from Nile Perch (Lates niloticus, Perciformes: Latidae)
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Ethical Statement
2.2. Study Area and Fish Sampling
2.3. Parasitological and Epidemiological Examinations
2.4. Morphological Examination
2.5. Molecular Characterization of the Parasite
Parasite Name | Host | Country | GenBank Accession Numbers | Reference | |
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COI | 18S rRNA | ||||
Rhadinorhynchidae Lühe, 1912 | |||||
Rhadinorhynchusniloticus | Nile perch (Lates niloticus) | Egypt | PP859185 | MZ727194 | This study |
Rhadinorhynchus gerberi (Lisitsyna, Kudlai, Cribb and Smit, 2019) | Trachinotus botla | South Africa | MN104897 | MN105739 | [28] |
Rhadinorhynchus hiansi (Soota and Bhattacharya, 1981) | Sarda orientalis | Vietnam | MN203137 | MN203133 | [29] |
Rhadinorhynchus sp. | marine fish | Western Pacific coast of Mexico | - | AY062433 | [30] |
HNA (Family Scianidae) | USA | DQ089712 | ˗ | [31] | |
Rhadinorhynchus dorsoventrospinosus (Amin, Heckmann and Nguyen Van Ha 2011) | Decapteruskurroides | Vietnam | MN267179 | MH384435 | [32] |
Rhadinorhynchus laterospinosus (Amin, Heckmann & Nguyen Van Ha 2011) | Auxisrockei | Vietnam | MK572743 | MK457183 | [33] |
Rhadinorhynchus carangis (Yamaguti 1939) | Australian marine teleosts | Australia | MN705830 | [34] | |
Rhadinorhynchus biformis (Smales 2014) | MN705829 | ||||
Rhadinorhynchus johnstoni (Golvan 1969) | MN705827 | ||||
Rhadinorhynchus pristis (Rudolphi 1802) | Nyctiphanes couchii (Bell) | Spain | JQ061132 | JQ061133 | [35] |
Leptorhynchoididae Witenberg, 1932 | |||||
Leptorhynchoides thecatus (Linton 1891, Kostylev 1924) | ˗ | USA | AY690577 | ˗ | [36] |
Pomphorhynchidae Monticelli, 1905 | |||||
Tenuiproboscis sp. | Lutjanus argentimaculatus | India | JF694276 | ˗ | NPY |
Longicollum pagrosomi (Yamaguti 1935) | Oplegnathusfasciatus | China | KY490048 | - | [37] |
cultured red sea bream | Korea | - | KX641270 | NPY | |
Echinorhynchidae Cobbold, 1879 | |||||
Echinorhynchus sasakiae (Kita & Kajihara 2023) | Hexagrammos lagocephalus (Pallas) | Japan | LC757487 | LC757488 | [38] |
Echinorhynchus gadi (Zoega in Müller 1776) | Salvelinus malma | Russia | KF156892 | - | [39] |
Limnognathiamaerski | USA | - | AY218123 | [40] | |
Neoechinorhynchidae Ward, 1917 | |||||
Neoechinorhynchussalmonis | Salvelinus malma | Russia | KF156889 | - | [39] |
Neoechinorhynchus sp. | Mugil cephalus | India | - | MN992025 | NPY |
Tenuisentidae Van Cleave, 1936 | |||||
Tenuisentis niloticus (Meyer 1932) | Heterotis niloticus (Cuvier) | Burkina Faso | KT970469 | KT970471 | [41] |
Brachionidae | |||||
Brachionus plicatilis (Müller 1786) | Arthrospira platensis | China | - | KY886363 | NPY |
Scirpophagaincertulas | India | AY218090 | - |
3. Results
3.1. Parasitological and Epidemiological Examinations
3.2. Morphological Examination
3.3. Molecular Characterization
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | |
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1-PP859185 Rhadinorhynchus niloticus | |||||||||||||||
2-MN104897 R. gerberi | 0.27 | ||||||||||||||
3-MN203137 R. hiansi | 0.29 | 0.27 | |||||||||||||
4-DQ089712 Rhadinorhynchus sp. | 0.30 | 0.31 | 0.30 | ||||||||||||
5-MN267179 R. dorsoventrospinosus | 0.31 | 0.28 | 0.03 | 0.30 | |||||||||||
6-MK572743 R. laterospinosus | 0.32 | 0.30 | 0.15 | 0.32 | 0.17 | ||||||||||
7-JQ061132 R. pristis | 0.44 | 0.42 | 0.41 | 0.43 | 0.44 | 0.45 | |||||||||
8-JF694276 Tenuiproboscis sp. | 0.45 | 0.44 | 0.47 | 0.42 | 0.44 | 0.51 | 0.47 | ||||||||
9-LC757487 Echinorhynchus sasakiae | 0.48 | 0.43 | 0.48 | 0.48 | 0.47 | 0.50 | 0.35 | 0.42 | |||||||
10-KF156892 E. gadi | 0.49 | 0.44 | 0.47 | 0.49 | 0.48 | 0.49 | 0.32 | 0.43 | 0.22 | ||||||
11-KY490048 Longicollum pagrosomi | 0.49 | 0.42 | 0.44 | 0.41 | 0.42 | 0.49 | 0.48 | 0.33 | 0.43 | 0.47 | |||||
12-AY690577 Leptorhynchoides thecatus | 0.49 | 0.39 | 0.46 | 0.49 | 0.47 | 0.49 | 0.39 | 0.45 | 0.36 | 0.38 | 0.47 | ||||
13-KF156889 Neoechinorhynchus salmonis | 0.55 | 0.57 | 0.44 | 0.58 | 0.60 | 0.60 | 0.50 | 0.55 | 0.56 | 0.53 | 0.63 | 0.60 | |||
14-KT970469 Tenuisentis niloticus | 0.60 | 0.60 | 0.62 | 0.59 | 0.65 | 0.65 | 0.49 | 0.55 | 0.49 | 0.49 | 0.63 | 0.53 | 0.53 | ||
15-AY218090 Brachionus plicatilis | 0.73 | 0.67 | 0.64 | 0.62 | 0.65 | 0.65 | 0.63 | 0.70 | 0.59 | 0.61 | 0.67 | 0.59 | 0.76 | 0.66 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | |
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1-MZ727194 Rhadinorhynchus niloticus | ||||||||||||||||||
2-MN203133 R. hiansi | 0.01 | |||||||||||||||||
3-AY062433 Rhadinorhynchus sp. | 0.01 | 0.01 | ||||||||||||||||
4-MK457183 R. laterospinosus | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.01 | |||||||||||||||
5-MN105739 R. gerberi | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | ||||||||||||||
6-MN705827 R. johnstoni | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.02 | |||||||||||||
7-JQ061133 R. pristis | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.00 | ||||||||||||
8-MN705830 R. carangis | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.02 | |||||||||||
9-MN705829 R. biformis | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.06 | ||||||||||
10-KX641270 Longicollum pagrosomi | 0.19 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.19 | |||||||||
11-LC757488 Echinorhynchus sasakiae | 0.20 | 0.21 | 0.21 | 0.21 | 0.20 | 0.21 | 0.21 | 0.21 | 0.21 | 0.04 | ||||||||
12-AY218123 E. gadi | 0.20 | 0.21 | 0.21 | 0.21 | 0.21 | 0.22 | 0.21 | 0.21 | 0.21 | 0.04 | 0.00 | |||||||
13-MW172280 E. cotti | 0.20 | 0.21 | 0.21 | 0.21 | 0.21 | 0.22 | 0.21 | 0.22 | 0.21 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||||
14-KT970471 Tenuisentis niloticus | 0.20 | 0.24 | 0.21 | 0.25 | 0.22 | 0.21 | 0.23 | 0.21 | 0.21 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.12 | |||||
15-MW131971 E. gymnocyprii | 0.21 | 0.21 | 0.22 | 0.21 | 0.21 | 0.22 | 0.21 | 0.22 | 0.22 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.11 | ||||
16-MH384435 R. dorsoventrospinosus | 0.34 | 0.29 | 0.34 | 0.29 | 0.32 | 0.34 | 0.28 | 0.35 | 0.35 | 0.26 | 0.30 | 0.30 | 0.30 | 0.22 | 0.31 | |||
17-MN992025 Neoechinorhynchus sp. | 0.34 | 0.35 | 0.34 | 0.35 | 0.35 | 0.35 | 0.36 | 0.35 | 0.33 | 0.26 | 0.27 | 0.27 | 0.27 | 0.07 | 0.26 | 0.21 | ||
18-KY886363 Brachionus plicatilis | 0.33 | 0.32 | 0.33 | 0.33 | 0.33 | 0.34 | 0.31 | 0.34 | 0.34 | 0.24 | 0.26 | 0.26 | 0.26 | 0.17 | 0.25 | 0.19 | 0.28 |
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Abdallah, E.S.H.; Albano, M.; Thabit, H. Morphomolecular Characterization of Rhadinorhynchus niloticus (Acanthocephala: Rhadinorhynchidae) from Nile Perch (Lates niloticus, Perciformes: Latidae). Fishes 2025, 10, 397. https://doi.org/10.3390/fishes10080397
Abdallah ESH, Albano M, Thabit H. Morphomolecular Characterization of Rhadinorhynchus niloticus (Acanthocephala: Rhadinorhynchidae) from Nile Perch (Lates niloticus, Perciformes: Latidae). Fishes. 2025; 10(8):397. https://doi.org/10.3390/fishes10080397
Chicago/Turabian StyleAbdallah, Ebtsam Sayed Hassan, Marco Albano, and Hasnaa Thabit. 2025. "Morphomolecular Characterization of Rhadinorhynchus niloticus (Acanthocephala: Rhadinorhynchidae) from Nile Perch (Lates niloticus, Perciformes: Latidae)" Fishes 10, no. 8: 397. https://doi.org/10.3390/fishes10080397
APA StyleAbdallah, E. S. H., Albano, M., & Thabit, H. (2025). Morphomolecular Characterization of Rhadinorhynchus niloticus (Acanthocephala: Rhadinorhynchidae) from Nile Perch (Lates niloticus, Perciformes: Latidae). Fishes, 10(8), 397. https://doi.org/10.3390/fishes10080397