Diversity of monogeneans (Monopisthocotylea: Dactylogyridae) from freshwater fishes of the Turkana Lake, Kenya: current state and prospects
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| Year of publication | 2010 |
| Type | Conference abstract |
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| Description | During a systematic survey of monogeneans (Dactylogyridae) of freshwater fishes from the Turkana Lake (Kenya), 34 monogenean species were recorded on/in 17 species of host fishes. Twenty-two of them probably represent species new for science. Twelve species represent previously described taxa and all of them are reported from Kenya for the first time. The monogenean species found were represented by the following 12 genera: Afrocleidodiscus (2 species), Annulotrema (5 species), Bagrobdella (1 species), Bouixella (1 species), Cichlidogyrus (3 species), Dactylogyrus (9 species), Dogielius (2 species), Enterogyrus (4 species), Heterotesia (1 species), Nanotrema (1 species), Protoancylodiscoides (1 species) and Quadriacanthus (4 species). Most species were collected from the gills of Labeo horie (7 species of Dactylogyrus and 2 species of Dogielius). The majority of the monogenean species found were situated on the gills; the only monogeneans recorded from the stomach were 4 species of Enterogyrus from fishes of Cichlidae. Five species of the examined fishes represent new hosts for the following monogenean species: Clarias gariepinus for Quadriacanthus aegypticus, Labeo horie for Dactylogyrus senegalensis, Mormyrus kannume for Bouixella mormyrume, Sarotherodon galilaeus for Enterogyrus malmbergi and Tilapia zillii for Enterogyrus coronatus. |
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