Thanks to high species diversity and a broad range of speciation mechanisms, cichlid fishes
represent a textbook model in evolutionary biology. They are also of substantial economic …

We discuss geographical distribution and phylogeny of Dactylogyridea (Monogenea)
parasitizing Cichlidae to elucidate their hosts′ history. Although mesoparasitic Monogenea …

Heterogeneous exposure to parasites may contribute to host species differentiation. Hosts
often harbour multiple parasite species which may interact and thus modify each other's …

Some taxonomic groups are less amenable to mitochondrial DNA barcoding than others.
Due to the paucity of molecular information of understudied groups and the huge molecular …

Lake Tanganyika is well-known for its high species-richness and rapid radiation processes.
Its assemblage of cichlid fishes recently gained momentum as a framework to study parasite …

Background Monogenean flatworms are the main ectoparasites of fishes. Representatives of
the species-rich families Gyrodactylidae and Dactylogyridae, especially those infecting …

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 …

The unparalleled biodiversity of Lake Tanganyika (Africa) has fascinated biologists for over
a century; its unique cichlid communities are a preferred model for evolutionary research …

Lake Tanganyika is the deepest and oldest African Great Lake and of economic importance.
While the diversity of its endemic cichlid radiations yielded scientific interest, a number of …

New findings on Gyrodactylus spp. parasitising African cichlids in southern Africa are
presented, comprising data from Zimbabwe and South Africa. Morphometry of opisthaptoral …