Check List of the Helminth Parasites of African Freshwater Fishes

1972 ◽  
Vol 58 (5) ◽  
pp. 884
Author(s):  
Glenn L. Hoffman ◽  
L. F. Khalil
Keyword(s):  
Freshwater Fishes ◽  
Helminth Parasites ◽  
Check List

The ecology of parasites of freshwater fishes: the search for patterns

Parasitology ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 136 (12) ◽  
pp. 1653-1662 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. R. KENNEDY
Keyword(s):  
Community Dynamics ◽  
Parasite Community ◽  
Freshwater Fishes ◽  
Convincing Evidence ◽  
Helminth Parasites ◽  
Parasite Communities ◽  
Space And Time ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Population And Community Dynamics ◽  
Parasite Populations

SUMMARYDevelopments in the study of the ecology of helminth parasites of freshwater fishes over the last half century are reviewed. Most research has of necessity been field based and has involved the search for patterns in population and community dynamics that are repeatable in space and time. Mathematical models predict that under certain conditions host and parasite populations can attain equilibrial levels through operation of regulatory factors. Such factors have been identified in several host-parasite systems and some parasite populations have been shown to persist over long time-periods. However, there is no convincing evidence that fish parasite populations are stable and regulated since in all cases alternative explanations are equally acceptable and it appears that they are non-equilibrial systems. It has proved particularly difficult to detect replicable patterns in parasite communities. Inter-specific competition, evidenced by functional and numerical responses, has been detected in several communities but its occurrence is erratic and its significance unclear. Some studies have failed to find any nested patterns in parasite community structure and richness, whereas others have identified such patterns although they are seldom constant over space and time. Departures from randomness appear to be the exception and then only temporary. It appears that parasite communities are non-equilibrial, stochastic assemblages rather than structured and organized.

scholarly journals A check list of the helminths of guineafowls (Numididae) and a host list of these parasites

2007 ◽  
Vol 74 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Junker ◽  
J. Boomker
Keyword(s):  
Host Range ◽  
Nematode Species ◽  
Reference List ◽  
Helminth Parasites ◽  
Check List ◽  
Cestode Species ◽  
Numida Meleagris ◽  
Single Genus ◽  
Host List

Published and personal records have been compiled into a reference list of the helminth parasites of guineafowls. Where data on other avian hosts was available these have been included for completeness' sake and to give an indication of host range. The parasite list for the Helmeted guineafowls, Numida meleagris, includes five species of acanthocephalans, all belonging to a single genus, three trematodes belonging to three different genera, 34 cestodes representing 15 genera, and 35 nematodes belonging to 17 genera. The list for the Crested guineafowls, Guttera edouardi, contains a single acanthocephalan together with 10 cestode species belonging to seven genera, and three nematode species belonging to three different genera. Records for two cestode species from genera and two nematode species belonging to a single genus have been found for the guineafowl genus Acryllium. Of the 70 helminths listed for N. meleagris, 29 have been recorded from domestic chickens.

scholarly journals Helminth parasites of alien freshwater fishes in Patagonia (Argentina)

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 369-379 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos Rauque ◽  
Gustavo Viozzi ◽  
Verónica Flores ◽  
Rocío Vega ◽  
Agustina Waicheim ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Freshwater Fishes ◽  
Helminth Parasites

Helminth Parasites of Freshwater Fishes of the Ayuquila River, Sierra de Manantlán Biosphere Reserve, West Central Mexico

10.1654/4067 ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 71 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guillermo Salgado-Maldonado ◽  
Norman Mercado-Silva ◽  
Guillermina Cabañas-Carranza ◽  
Juan Manuel Caspeta-Mandujano ◽  
Rogelio Aguilar-Aguilar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Biosphere Reserve ◽  
Freshwater Fishes ◽  
Central Mexico ◽  
Helminth Parasites ◽  
West Central ◽  
Sierra De Manantlán

Survey of the endohelminth parasites of freshwater fishes in the upper Mezquital River Basin, Durango State, Mexico

Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 2164 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. PÉREZ-PONCE DE LEÓN ◽  
R. ROSAS-VALDEZ ◽  
B. MENDOZA-GARFIAS ◽  
R. AGUILAR-AGUILAR ◽  
J. FALCÓN-ORDAZ ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
River Basin ◽  
Fish Fauna ◽  
Freshwater Fishes ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Helminth Parasites ◽  
Northern Mexico ◽  
Transitional Area ◽  
Freshwater Fish Fauna ◽  
New Hosts ◽  
Host Parasite

As a part of an ongoing inventory of the helminth parasites of freshwater fishes in Mexico, 676 specimens were collected between November 2007 and December 2008 in 23 localities along the upper Mezquital River Basin in Durango State, northern Mexico. Sixteen species of hosts, mostly corresponding to Nearctic freshwater elements, were studied. A total of 1,230 individual worms were collected during this survey, representing 25 species of endohelminths of which 9 were digeneans, 3 were cestodes, 4 were acanthocephalans, and 9 were nematodes. The checklist contains 24 new hosts and 42 new locality records. The information provided in this checklist may be helpful for our understanding of the biodiversity and historical biogeography of this host-parasite system, since the Mezquital River Basin mostly contains a Nearctic freshwater fish fauna, with a few Neotropical and endemic elements and may represent a transitional area from a biogeographical point of view.

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