This article reviews the history of gyrodactylid research focussing on the unique anatomy,
behaviour, ecology and evolution of the viviparous forms while identifying gaps in our …

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

Despite the high diversity of freshwater fishes in the Nearctic region, little is known about the
composition of their parasite communities. We addressed the diversity of viviparous …

Little attention has been given to the role that introgression and hybridization have played in
the evolution of parasites. Most studies are host-centric and ask if the hybrid of a free-living …

Knowledge on the diversity of parasitic flatworms of Western Mediterranean cyprinids is
extremely scarce. In the present study, we parasitologically investigated 12 cyprinid species …

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 …

The Gyrodactylus fauna of 274 fish taken from ten salmonid farms in Poland was sampled in
2006. Four fish species were investigated: rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss, brown trout …

Background: For the past 25 years, the ITS rDNA (ITS1-5.8 S-ITS2) of Gyrodactylidae has
been crucial for species identification, description, and phylogeny. This family includes 25 …

A recent infestation of Gyrodactylus cichlidarum Paperna, 1968 on yolk sac fry of Nile tilapia,
Oreochromis niloticus niloticus (L.), in an isolated aquarium system in the UK resulted in …

Goldfish, Carassius auratus, widely distributed across Eurasia, is one of the earliest fish
domesticated for ornamental purposes. A series of diseases break out due to high-density …