Dataset on the diversity of helminth parasites of freshwater fish in the headwaters of the Coatzacoalcos river, in Oaxaca, Mexico.

ABSTRACT: The data presented in this article are related to the research article entitled " Diversity of helminth parasites of freshwater fish in the headwaters of the Coatzacoalcos river, in Oaxaca, Mexico " published in International Journal for Parasitolology: Parasites and Wildlife. This dataset document the diversity of helminth parasites found in 25 fish species from 8 families from rivers in the headwaters of the Coatzacoalcos river basin at the border between Oaxaca and Veracruz states, Isthmus of Tehuantepec zone, southeastern Mexico, in the northernmost end of Central America. We record here 48 species, 44 genera and 29 helminth families. Most of the helminth species recorded in this area has also been collected from Central American bodies of freshwater south of Mexico. The

SUBMITTER: Salgado-Maldonado G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7476224 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature