Metazoan parasite community of Leporinus piau Fowler, 1941 (Anostomidae, Characiformes), an endemic freshwater fish from the Caatinga domain, Brazil.

The present study aimed to inventory the parasitic fauna of Leporinus piau from the Lima Campos weir, Salgado River basin, municipality of Icó, Ceará, Brazil. A total of 35 host specimens were collected, whereas all were parasitized by at least two metazoan taxa. A total of 2,910 parasite specimens belonging to five taxonomic groups were identified such as: Myxozoa (Henneguya sp.