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 …

This paper reviews the state of research on fish pathogens in Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda,
Tanzania and Uganda from the early 1900s, the period when fisheries management started …

Diplostomid trematodes comprise a large and diverse group of widespread digeneans
whose larval stages are important parasitic pathogens that may exert serious impacts in wild …

An intensive parasite survey was conducted in 2008 to better understand the parasite fauna
occurrence, distribution and diversity in the commercial aquaculture fish species in Uganda …

Among eyeflukes, Tylodelphys Diesing, 1850 includes diverse species able to infect the
eyes, but also the brain, pericardial sac and body cavity of their second intermediate host …

Lake Tanganyika harbours the most diverse endemic cichlid fish assemblage of Africa, but
its monogenean fish parasites have not been investigated. Here we report, for the first time …

Background Adaptation to different ecological environments is thought to drive ecological
speciation. This phenomenon culminates in the radiations of cichlid fishes in the African …

Abstract Knowledge of the local parasite fauna of fish and their morphology is of vital
importance. Therefore, this study was aimed to estimate the prevalence and identify the most …

In the tropics, variations in the structure and species composition of marine fish parasite
communities over several years have received limited attention. Changes in water …

A survey of bothriocephalidean tapeworms (Cestoda) parasitizing African freshwater fish is
provided. Based on criticalevaluation of type specimens and extensive, newly collected …