A Guide to the Parasites of African Freshwater Fishes

SCHOLZ, Tomáš, Maarten Pieterjan VANHOVE, Nico SMIT, Zuzana JAYASUNDERA and Milan GELNAR. A Guide to the Parasites of African Freshwater Fishes. Brussels: CEBioS, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, 2018, 425 pp. Abc Taxa 18. ISBN 978-90-73242-38-8.

Basic information

• Original name: A Guide to the Parasites of African Freshwater Fishes
• Authors: SCHOLZ, Tomáš (203 Czech Republic), Maarten Pieterjan VANHOVE (56 Belgium, belonging to the institution), Nico SMIT, Zuzana JAYASUNDERA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Milan GELNAR (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution).
• Edition: Brussels, 425 pp. Abc Taxa 18, 2018.
• Publisher: CEBioS, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Book on a specialized topic
• Field of Study: 10613 Zoology
• Country of publisher: Belgium
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• Publication form: printed version "print"
• WWW: URL
• RIV identification code: RIV/00216224:14310/18:00113618
• Organization unit: Faculty of Science
• ISBN: 978-90-73242-38-8
• Keywords in English: ichthyoparasitology; fish disease; protists; helminths; parasitic crustaceans
• Tags: rivok
• Tags: International impact, Reviewed

Abstract

The rivers and lakes of Africa contain almost 25% of the world’s 13,000 freshwater fish species and are second only to South America in species richness. These fish are parasitised by a wide range of organisms that can be detrimental to both farmed and wild fishes with consequent effects on economic development, and often on human health. Knowledge of these parasites in African freshwater fishes is limited and this book is intended to promote and advance understanding of African fish parasites by providing information on the best techniques for investigating fish and their parasites and keys to parasite identification. The first comprehensive list of all known freshwater fish parasites in Africa is presented here, with information on their known hosts and distribution, keys to all genera and representative illustrations for every genus. This information should facilitate and stimulate the development of fish parasitology on the African continent which has great potential for aquaculture and fishery development.