The Lernaea parasite was reported in Alburnus hohenackeri Kessler,
1870, collected from the Char-Nimeh (or Chahnimeh) lake, Eastern Iran. Three
fishes were infected with L. intestinalis having 3 to 22 parasites increasing with fish
size. The maximum and minimum of parasite lengths were 138.02 mm and 24.54
mm respectively. The prevalence, mean intensity and abundance of infection by
plerocercoid of L. intestinalis were 33.33%, 13.33, and 4.44 respectively.
