Collection of Asian tapeworm ( Bothriocephalus acheilognathi ) from the Yampa River, Colorado
Citation
Collection of Asian tapeworm ( Bothriocephalus acheilognathi ) from the Yampa River, Colorado: .
Summary
First paragraph of introduction: On 20 July 2004 a single Asian tapeworm (Bothriocephalus acheilognathi) was collected from the intestine of a roundtail chub (Gila robusta) in the Yampa River in Dinosaur National Monument in northwestern Colorado. This fish (274 mm TL) was collected at river mile 24 and dissected in the field. A single tapeworm was removed from the intestine and preserved in ethanol. The tapeworm was later identified in the laboratory as B. acheilognathi by its characteristic arrow-shaped scolex (Poole et al. 1984). This is the 1st recorded incidence of Asian tapeworm infecting fish in the Yampa River drainage. Published in Western North American Naturalist, volume 65, issue 3, on pages 403 - 404, in 2005.
Summary
First paragraph of introduction: On 20 July 2004 a single Asian tapeworm
(Bothriocephalus acheilognathi) was collected from the intestine of a
roundtail chub (Gila robusta) in the Yampa River in Dinosaur National
Monument in northwestern Colorado. This fish (274 mm TL) was collected
at river mile 24 and dissected in the field. A single tapeworm was
removed from the intestine and preserved in ethanol. The tapeworm was
later identified in the laboratory as B. acheilognathi by its
characteristic arrow-shaped scolex (Poole et al. 1984). This is the 1st
recorded incidence of Asian tapeworm infecting fish in the Yampa River
drainage. Published in Western North American Naturalist, volume 65,
issue 3, on pages 403 - 404, in 2005.
