Abstract:
Spotfin Bigeye, Priacanthus tayenus (Richardson, 1846) were obtained from landing
port at Pulau Kambing, Kuala Terengganu were used in this study. Sampling period
th
were from 17
st
July 2006 to 1
of December 2006. During that period, 50 fishes were
diagnosed and examined. As a result, ten species of parasites (six species ectoparasite
and four species endoparasites) were found on the fishes. Among the parasite
obtained, there two types of parasites that were successfully identified up to species:
1) Pseudolernanthropus epinepheli; and ii) Lernanthropus priacanti. Four of the
parasites were identified up to genus level: i) Didymozoon sp. l; ii) Didymozoon sp.2;
iii) Hysterothylacium sp.; iv) Caligus sp. Only one specimen identified up to suborder
level: Trypanorhyncha and as for other parasites could only be identified up to their
class due to the lack of specimen collected: i) digenea; and ii) monogenea and iii)
myxosporea. Larvae of Hysterothylacium sp. (nematode) were the dominant species
to give infections on Priacanthus tayenus. This species has the highest percentage
abundance with 48.5 %, and mean intensity with showed there are 3.54 c� 3) of
parasites per fish infected. While for Didymozoon sp. l, it has become the most
infectious species with the highest prevalence which is 62 %.