Checklists of Carp Parasites in Floating Cages of Iraq

Literature review of reports concerning the parasitic fauna floating cage fishes in Iraq till end 2021 showed that a total 57 parasite species are so far known from three fish investigated for infections throughout country. The included 15 ciliophorans, myxozoans, two trematodes, 28 monogeneans, five cestodes, one nematode, acanthocephalan and crustaceans. common carp Cyprinus carpio was infected with all these species, grass Ctenopharyngodon idella four silver Hypophthalmichthys molitrix only species.