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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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.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 10600 1.6 Biological sciences
Country of publisher United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
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
Tags AKR, rivok
Tags International impact, Reviewed
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Abstract
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.
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GBP505/12/G112, research and development projectName: ECIP - Evropské centrum ichtyoparazitologie
Investor: Czech Science Foundation
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