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Aspects of the ecology of Cichlidogyrus philander collected from Pseudocrenilabrus philander philander from the Padda Dam, Gauteng, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Louise E. le Roux --- Department of Zoology, South Africa A. Avenant-Oldewage --- Department of Zoology, South Africa F. C. van der Walt --- Department of Statistics, South AfricaCichlidogyrus philander was originally described from Pseudocrenilabrus philander philander in Lake Kariba, Zimbabwe. Specimens from four fish species were collected during this study over a 14-month period from the Padda Dam, Johannesburg, transported to the laboratory and killed. Following examination,... -
Invasion of a South African Anguilla mossambica (Anguillidae) opulation by the alien gill worm Pseudodactylogyrus anguillae (Monogenea)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Denham Parker --- Department of Ichthyology and Fisheries Science, South Africa Olaf L.F. Weyl --- South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, South Africa Horst Taraschewski --- Zoologisches Institut (Ökologie/Parasitologie), Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT), Kornblumenstrasse 13, GermanyThe parasitic gill monogenean Pseudodactylogyrus anguillae is alien to Africa. In an investigation of 227 longfin eel, Anguilla mossambica, and 26 mottled eel, Anguilla marmorata, sampled from four river systems in the Eastern Cape, South Africa, this parasite was only... -
Polystomatidae (Monogenea) of southern African Anura: Polystoma channingi n.sp. parasitic in two closely related Cacosternum species
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Louis H. du Preez --- Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, North-West University, South AfricaPolystoma channingi is described as a new species of polystomatid flatworm (Monogenea) parasitic in the urinary bladder of Cacosternum nanum in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. In a locality where C. nanum and C. boettgeri occur sympatrically the parasite... -
Seasonal dynamics and occurrences of three Dactylogyrus species on the gills of three cyprinids at Nwanedi–Luphephe dams in Limpopo province, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Esau M Mbokane --- Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, South Africa Matsoele M Matla --- Department of Biodiversity, University of Limpopo, South Africa Johan Theron --- Aquaculture Research Unit, University of Limpopo, South Africa Wilmien J Luus-Powell --- Department of Biodiversity, University of Limpopo, South AfricaThis study investigated the seasonal dynamics and occurrence of dactylogyrids on the gills of three cyprinids at Nwanedi–Luphephe dams from January to October 2008. The hosts, Labeobarbus marequensis (n = 53), Barbus trimaculatus (n = 63) and Barbus radiatus (n = 46), were collected using gill... -
Eupolystoma namibiensis n. sp. (Monogenea: Polystomatidae) parasitic in Poyntonophrynus hoeschi (Ahl, 1934) of Namibia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Louis H du Preez --- African Amphibian Conservation Research Group, Unit of Environmental Sciences and Management, Potchefstroom Campus, North-West University, South AfricaDescribed species of the polystomatid flatworm genus Eupolystoma are only known from Africa and India. A survey conducted in January 1994 in Namibia revealed a previously unknown species from the urinary bladder of Hoesch's pygmy toad Poyntonophrynus hoeschi. Toads were... -
A brief history of freshwater fish parasitology in southern Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Jo G van As --- Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of the Free State, South AfricaThe paper presents an overview of the history of aquatic parasitology of freshwater fish in southern Africa. Aquatic parasitology has become a very popular field of specialisation in South Africa and is currently practised by a number of individual research... -
Additional morphological information on Oculotrema hippopotami Stunkard, 1924 (Monogenea: Polystomatidae) parasitic on the African hippopotamus
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Louis H. du Preez --- School of Environmental Sciences and Development, South Africa Itumeleng A. Moeng --- Department of Zoology and Entomology, South AfricaOculotrema hippopotami Stunkard, 1924, is the only monogenean known from a homoiotherm host, namely the African hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius Linnaeus, 1758). The original description was based on five shrunken, unflattened specimens. Initially O. hippopotami was not widely accepted as a... -
First report of metazoan parasites from the cichlid Pseudocrenilabrus philander and the cyprinid Enteromius paludinosus in a South African Ramsar wetland
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: M Truter --- Water Research Group, Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, South Africa I Přikrylová --- Water Research Group, Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, South Africa W Malherbe --- Water Research Group, Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, South Africa NJ Smit --- Water Research Group, Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, South AfricaParasites of two small fish species from a Ramsar wetland in South Africa were studied in 2014–2015. The cichlid Pseudocrenilabrus philander (Weber, 1897) was parasitised by the copepod Lernaea cyprinacea Linnaeus, 1758, the monogenean Gyrodactylus thlapi Christison, Shinn & van... -
A new Dactylogyrus species (Dactylogyridae: Monogenea) from Enteromius mattozi, Cyprinidae, at Piet Gouws Dam, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: SN Mashego --- Biodiversity, School of Molecular and Life Science, South Africa KS Matlou --- Biodiversity, School of Molecular and Life Science, South AfricaEnteromius mattozi Guimaraes, 1884, a popular eating fish among local people, were examined for monogenean parasites as part of a larger study to ascertain the feasibility of establishing aquaculture production in Limpopo, South Africa. In this study a new monogenean... -
Seasonal variance in water quality, trace metals and infection variables of Cichlidogyrus philander Douëllou, 1993 (Monogenea, Ancyrocephalidae) infecting the gills of Pseudocrenilabrus philander (Weber, 1897) in the Padda Dam, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: Patience C Igeh --- , South Africa Beric M Gilbert --- , South Africa Annemariè Avenant-Oldewage --- , South AfricaIncreasing awareness of deteriorating health of aquatic ecosystems, as a result of human activities, has led to the suggestion that fish host-parasite relationships are possible bioindicators of environmental pollution. This study examined the impact of water quality and trace elements... -
New host and distribution records for five species of Enterogyrus Paperna, 1963 (Dactylogyridae: Ancyrocephalinae) from cichlid hosts in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: Iva Přikrylová --- University of Limpopo, South Africa Sareh Tavakol --- University of Limpopo, South Africa Nico J Smit --- North-West University, South Africa Willem J Smit --- University of Limpopo, South Africa Wilmien J Luus-Powell --- University of Limpopo, South AfricaBetween March 2015 and September 2016, three species of Cichlidae (Coptodon rendalli, Oreochromis mossambicus and Tilapia sparrmanii) were screened for the presence of stomach monogeneans. Four localities across three provinces of South Africa (Limpopo, Northern Cape and North West) were... -
First report of Dactylogyrus fimbriphallus (El Gharbi, Birgi & Lambert, 1994) infecting Luciobarbus biscarensis (Boulenger, 1911) in Oued Tadmit River of Djelfa Governorate (Algeria)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: Djouhina Chabira --- University of Biskra, Algeria Badreddine Attir --- University of Biskra, Algeria Nurten Aydoğdu --- Balıkesir University, Türkiye Adel Mammeri --- University of Biskra, AlgeriaThis study aimed to determine the occurrence of dactylogyrid communities in Sahara barbel, Luciobarbus biscarensis (Boulenger, 1911), an endemic species to Algeria, according to season and host factors. A total of 78 samples of L. biscarensis were collected seasonally, over...