First report of monogenean flatworms from Lake Tana, Ethiopia:
gill parasites of the commercially important Clarias gariepinus
(Teleostei: Clariidae) and Oreochromis niloticus tana
(Teleostei: Cichlidae)

J 2016

First report of monogenean flatworms from Lake Tana, Ethiopia: gill parasites of the commercially important Clarias gariepinus (Teleostei: Clariidae) and Oreochromis niloticus tana (Teleostei: Cichlidae)

BELETEW, Moges, Abebe GETAHUN and Maarten Pieterjan VANHOVE

Basic information

Original name

First report of monogenean flatworms from Lake Tana, Ethiopia: gill parasites of the commercially important Clarias gariepinus (Teleostei: Clariidae) and Oreochromis niloticus tana (Teleostei: Cichlidae)

Authors

BELETEW, Moges (231 Ethiopia), Abebe GETAHUN (231 Ethiopia) and Maarten Pieterjan VANHOVE (56 Belgium, guarantor, belonging to the institution)

Edition

PARASITES & VECTORS, LONDON, BIOMED CENTRAL LTD, 2016, 1756-3305

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

10600 1.6 Biological sciences

Country of publisher

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Impact factor

Impact factor: 3.035

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14310/16:00088656

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-016-1691-2

UT WoS

000380333900001

Keywords in English

Cichlidogyrus; Dactylogyridea; Gyrodactylidea; Gyrodactylus; Macrogyrodactylus; Monogenea; Perciformes; Scutogyrus; Siluriformes; Quadriacanthus

Abstract

V originále

Background: Lake Tana is the largest lake in Ethiopia and the source of the Blue Nile. The lake harbours unique endemic cyprinid fish species, as well as the commercially important endemic Nile tilapia subspecies Oreochromis niloticus tana and the North African catfish Clarias gariepinus. Its endemicity, especially within the Labeobarbus radiation, its conservation importance and its economic indispensability attract scientific interest to the lake's ichthyofauna. Fish parasites of Lake Tana, however, are hitherto poorly known, and no formal report exists on its monogenean flatworms. For sustainable aquaculture and fisheries development, it is essential to study monogenean fish parasites in these economically most important fish species. Moreover, it remains to be verified whether this unique ecosystem and its endemicity gave rise to a distinct parasite fauna as well. Results: Nile tilapia and North African catfish hosts were collected from Lake Tana in 2013. Nine species of monogenean parasites of two orders, Gyrodactylidea Bychowsky, 1937 and Dactylogyridea Bychowsky, 1937, were recovered. Gyrodactylus gelnari Prikrylova, Blazek & Vanhove, 2012, Macrogyrodactylus clarii Gussev, 1961, Quadriacanthus aegypticus El-Naggar & Serag, 1986 and two undescribed Quadriacanthus species were recovered from C. gariepinus. Oreochromis niloticus tana hosted Cichlidogyrus cirratus Paperna, 1964, C. halli (Price & Kirk, 1967), C. thurstonae Ergens, 1981 and Scutogyrus longicornis (Paperna & Thurston, 1969). Conclusions: Except for M. clarii, all species represent new records for Ethiopia. This first study on the monogenean fauna of Lake Tana revealed that the lake's North African catfish, as well as its endemic Nile tilapia subspecies, harbour parasites that are known from these host species elsewhere in Africa.

Links

GBP505/12/G112, research and development project

Name: ECIP - Evropské centrum ichtyoparazitologie

Investor: Czech Science Foundation

Citovat

BELETEW, Moges, Abebe GETAHUN and Maarten Pieterjan VANHOVE. First report of monogenean flatworms from Lake Tana, Ethiopia: gill parasites of the commercially important Clarias gariepinus (Teleostei: Clariidae) and Oreochromis niloticus tana (Teleostei: Cichlidae). PARASITES & VECTORS. LONDON: BIOMED CENTRAL LTD, 2016, vol. 9, July, p. "nestrankovano", 7 pp. ISSN 1756-3305. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-016-1691-2.

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BELETEW, Moges, Abebe GETAHUN and Maarten Pieterjan VANHOVE. First report of monogenean flatworms from Lake Tana, Ethiopia: gill parasites of the commercially important Clarias gariepinus (Teleostei: Clariidae) and Oreochromis niloticus tana (Teleostei: Cichlidae). \textit{PARASITES \&{}amp; VECTORS}. LONDON: BIOMED CENTRAL LTD, 2016, vol.~9, July, p.~''nestrankovano'', 7 pp. ISSN~1756-3305. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-016-1691-2.

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