Lake Qarun is one of the oldest lakes in the world, a prehistoric lake, from the era of the
pharaohs. It started as a freshwater lake and nowadays changed to become a saline lake …

Africa is a continent that incubates huge inland freshwater reservoirs, representing 27% of
total world liquid freshwater, and bounded by marine blue belt. This topography makes …

Phylogenetic diversity studies of parasitic isopods in Egyptian fisheries are very limited,
based on a few records of the single mitochondrial gene, COI. Consequently, there has …

Two Argyrosomus regius nursery ponds suffered from high mortality during the summer
season of 2020. Diseased fish showed signs of respiratory distress, mainly during hot days …

Background Prevalence, morphology, and molecular characteristics of isopodiosis in the
European seabass, Dicentrarchus labrax, in Egypt were assessed using light and electron …

In the present investigation, we identified a cymothoid isopod species, Livoneca redmanii
(Isopoda, Cymothoidae), in the branchial cavity, skin, and muscle pouch of the common sole …

This study investigated the presence of ectoparasites in stranded cetaceans along the coast
of Sergipe, Brazil. The parasitological material, dates and informations about the hosts was …

Isopods of the suborder Cymothoida include ectoparasite species that cause physical
damage and affect the development of the host by feeding on blood and tissues. On fishes …

abstract Lake Qarun is one of the oldest lakes in the world, a prehistoric lake, from the era of
the pharaohs. It started as a freshwater lake and nowadays changed to become a saline …

The Isopod infestation of fish in Lake Qarun has been deemed a catastrophe. Managing
crustacean parasites, particularly isopods presents a formidable challenge, and employing …