Review of the metazoan parasites of the economically and ecologically important African sharptooth catfish Clarias gariepinus in Africa: Current status and novel …

M Truter, KA Hadfield, NJ Smit - Advances in Parasitology, 2023 - Elsevier
One of the most widely distributed African freshwater fish is the African sharptooth catfish
Clarias gariepinus (Burchell) that is naturally distributed in 8 of the 10 ichthyofaunal regions …

Threat of heavy metal pollutants and parasites to freshwater fish with special reference to their risk of cancer to humans in Egypt

MAM Afifi, M Radwan, MMM Abbas, HM Hwihy… - Aquaculture, 2024 - Elsevier
Understanding how pollution and parasite infection work together to stress their hosts' health
raises the possibility of a danger to aquatic life and humans. This study examined two …

[HTML][HTML] Camallanid nematodes from Clarias gariepinus (Burchell, 1822) in the Crocodile River, Gauteng, South Africa: Exploring diversity and divergence in an acid …

AP Nofal, QM Dos Santos, F Jirsa… - International Journal for …, 2022 - Elsevier
Clarias gariepinus collected from Lake Heritage, Crocodile River, were found to harbour
camallanid nematodes. Previously, Boomker (1982) surveyed the Hartbeespoort Dam …

Seasonal fluctuations of heavy metal accumulation and gastrointestinal helminth induce oxidative stress and histological lesions in resident catfish Clarias gariepinus

NA El-Fahla, MIS El-Din, YSM Abd El Mageed… - Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
The exposure of the African catfish (Clarias gariepinus) to various environmental
contaminants leads to physiological and histological alterations. Therefore, the study aimed …

[HTML][HTML] Integrated morphological and molecular characterization of the fish parasitic nematode Rhabdochona (Rhabdochona) gendrei Campana-Rouget, 1961 …

NM Rindoria, GN Morara, WJ Smit, M Truter… - International Journal for …, 2023 - Elsevier
During a parasitological survey carried out between May and August 2022 in the River
Nyando, Lake Victoria Basin, a single species of Rhabdochona Railliet, 1916 (Nematoda …

Deep in the systematics of Camallanidae (Nematoda): using integrative taxonomy to better understand the phylogeny and consistency of diagnostic traits

LG Ailán-Choke, FB Pereira - Parasitology, 2021 - cambridge.org
Due to conflicts between classic and molecular systematics of Camallanidae, different data
types were used for the first time, to better understand the evolutionary history and taxa …

Two gastrointestinal parasites from freshwater sharptooth catfish, Clarias gariepinus (Burchell, 1822)

M Ali, A Lotfy, A Nigm - Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Biology and …, 2020 - journals.ekb.eg
The sharptooth catfish, Clarias gariepinus is a popular tropical catfish in Africa. C. gariepinus
considered a good source of protein for human consumption and has been believed as an …

[HTML][HTML] Integrated characterisation of Daubaylia burnupiae n. sp.(Nematoda: Daubayliidae) from a freshwater gastropod in South Africa, with comments on the …

JO Outa, A Avenant-Oldewage - International Journal for Parasitology …, 2023 - Elsevier
Gastropod-nematode associations are underreported worldwide. In the present study,
juvenile and adult nematodes were found in the freshwater gastropod Burnupia …

[HTML][HTML] Tegumental topography and molecular characterisation of two trematodes (Platyhelminthes: Digenea) from Clarias gariepinus (Burchell, 1822) in Kenya

JM Maraganga, NM Rindoria, GM Morara… - International Journal for …, 2024 - Elsevier
The discoveries of new taxonomic features of digenean species through the application of
contemporary techniques, such as scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and molecular …

Endohelminth diversity in the invasive Clarias gariepinus (Burchell, 1822) from two freshwater lakes: Naivasha and Ol'Bolossat, Kenya

JM Maraganga, NM Rindoria, GNJ Rindoria… - Parasitology …, 2024 - Springer
Fish parasitology contributes to our understanding of the potential risks posed by diverse
groups of parasitic organisms on fish stocks in either wild and culture systems. This study …