Parasites of freshwater fishes in North America: why so neglected?

T Scholz, A Choudhury - Journal of Parasitology, 2014 - meridian.allenpress.com
Fish parasitology has a long tradition in North America and numerous parasitologists have
contributed considerably to the current knowledge of the diversity and biology of protistan …

Metazoan parasite species richness in Neotropical fishes: hotspots and the geography of biodiversity

JL Luque, R Poulin - Parasitology, 2007 - cambridge.org
Although research on parasite biodiversity has intensified recently, there are signs that
parasites remain an underestimated component of total biodiversity in many regions of the …

[HTML][HTML] Checklist of helminth parasites of freshwater fishes from Mexico

G Salgado-Maldonado - Zootaxa, 2006 - mapress.com
Using published records and original data derived from my research, a checklist was
generated of the helminth parasite fauna in 194 native and 18 introduced freshwater fish …

Checklist of the Monogenea (Platyhelminthes) parasitic in Mexican aquatic vertebrates

B Mendoza-Garfias, L Garcia-Prieto, GPP De León - Zoosystema, 2017 - BioOne
ABSTRACT 313 nominal species of monogenean parasites of aquatic vertebrates occurring
in Mexico are included in this checklist; in addition, records of 54 undetermined taxa are also …

The Asian Fish Tapeworm Bothriocephalus acheilognathi: a Potential Threat to Native Freshwater Fish Species in Mexico

G Salgado-Maldonado, RF Pineda-López - Biological invasions, 2003 - Springer
Introduction of the parasite Bothriocephalus acheilognathi Yamaguti, 1934 with the
herbivorous carp Ctenopharyngodon idellus, and other cyprinids, has been documented in …

Biogeography of helminth parasites of freshwater fishes in Mexico: the search for patterns and processes

G Pérez‐Ponce de León… - Journal of …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Aim To uncover and describe patterns of biogeography of helminth parasites in freshwater
fishes of Mexico, and to understand processes that determine them. Three predictions about …

Helminth parasites in freshwater fish from the Papaloapan river basin, Mexico

G Salgado-Maldonado, R Aguilar-Aguilar… - Parasitology …, 2005 - Springer
A checklist based on previously published records and original data is presented for the
helminth parasites reported in 35 fish species from nine families from the Río Papaloapan …

[HTML][HTML] Checklist of the Acanthocephala in wildlife vertebrates of Mexico

L Garcia-Prieto, M Garcia-Varela, B Mendoza-Garfias… - Zootaxa, 2010 - biotaxa.org
Fifty four named and twenty three undetermined species of acanthocephalans associated
with 213 wildlife vertebrate host species from Mexico are listed; they come from 220 …

Parsimony analysis of endemicity (PAE) of Mexican hydrological basins based on helminth parasites of freshwater fishes

R Aguilar‐Aguilar, R Contreras‐Medina… - Journal of …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Aim The distributional patterns of helminthological fauna of freshwater fishes were analysed
to postulate a general hypothesis on the relationships of some Mexican hydrological …

Parasite inventories and DNA-based taxonomy: lessons from helminths of freshwater fishes in a megadiverse country

GPP de León, A Choudhury - Journal of Parasitology, 2010 - meridian.allenpress.com
Freshwater fish helminth parasites are undoubtedly the most well-known group among
vertebrate parasites in Mexico; these parasites include 37 adult and 43 larval …