To each his own: no evidence of gyrodactylid parasite host switches from invasive poeciliid fishes to Goodea atripinnis Jordan (Cyprinodontiformes: Goodeidae), the most dominant endemic freshwater goodeid fish in the Mexican Highlands

Miguel Rubio-Godoy; Ulises Razo-Mendivil; Adriana García-Vásquez; Mark A. Freeman; Andrew P. Shinn; Giuseppe Paladini

doi:10.1186/s13071-016-1861-2

Table 3 Gyrodactylus spp. infection data for localities where Goodea atripinnis occurs in sympatry with poeciliid fishes

From: To each his own: no evidence of gyrodactylid parasite host switches from invasive poeciliid fishes to Goodea atripinnis Jordan (Cyprinodontiformes: Goodeidae), the most dominant endemic freshwater goodeid fish in the Mexican Highlands

Locality	Fishes collected		Gyrodactylus infection on G. atripinnis (prevalence; mean abundance)	Gyrodactylus spp. recorded on G. atripinnis	Analytical method (specimens analysed)		Gyrodactylus spp. recorded on poeciliid species
Locality	Goodeid species	Poeciliid species		Gyrodactylus spp. recorded on G. atripinnis	Morphology	Sequencing	Gyrodactylus spp. recorded on poeciliid species
Río Pánuco basin
Vega de Ramírez, Qro.	Goodea atripinnis (n = 10)	Poecilia mexicana (n = 87)	100%; 4.1 worms/host	G. tomahuac n. sp.	9	4	P. mexicana: G. pseudobullatarudis, G. xtachuna;
Vega de Ramírez, Qro.		Poecilia reticulata (n = 17)					P. reticulata: Gyrodactylus sp.
Río Lerma basin
Araro, Mich.	Goodea atripinnis (n = 7)	Poecilia mexicana (n = 9)	14%; 0.4 worms/host	G. tomahuac n. sp.	1	1	P. mexicana: G. cichlidarum;
	Skiffia bilineata (n = 2)	Poeciliopsis infans (n = 500+)					P. bimaculatus: G. cichlidarum;
	Xenotoca variata (n = 1)	Pseudoxiphophorus bimaculatus (n = 7)					P. infans: Gyrodactylus sp.
El Fresno, Gto.	Goodea atripinnis (n = 1)	Pseudoxiphophorus bimaculatus (n = 6)	100%; 7 worms/host	G. tomahuac n. sp.	4	4
El Fresno, Gto.				Gyrodactylus sp. 3	1^a	1
San Miguel Tlaxcaltepec, Qro.	Goodea atripinnis (n = 23)	Pseudoxiphophorus jonesii (n = 49)	26%; 2.7 worms/host	G. tomahuac n. sp.	1	1	P. jonesii: Gyrodactylus sp.
San Miguel Tlaxcaltepec, Qro.				Gyrodactylus sp. 3	3^a	3
Lago de Chapala, Jal.	Goodea atripinnis (n = 4)	Poeciliopsis infans (n = 20)	25%; 0.3 worms/host	Gyrodactylus sp. 1	1^a	1
Santiago Mezquititlán, Qro.	Goodea atripinnis (n = 1)	Poecilia mexicana (n = 5)	100%; 5 worms/host	Gyrodactylus sp. 2	2^a	2

Abbreviations: Qro Querétaro, Mich Michoacán, Gto Guanajuato, Jal Jalisco
^aIllustrative drawings are provided but complete descriptions will be dealt with elsewhere following analysis of further specimens

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