Browsing by Subject "Fish parasites"
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Alien freshwater fish parasites from South Africa: diversity, distribution, status and the way forward
(Elsevier, 2017)The global translocation and introduction of freshwater fish into non-native regions has created the perfect opportunity for the co-introduction of their parasites. In a recent review on non-native freshwater fish introductions ... -
Changes in abundance of fish-parasitic gnathiid isopods associated with warm-water bleaching events on the northern Great Barrier Reef
(Springer, 2019)Mass coral bleaching events due to rising seawater temperatures are occurring with increasing frequency and are among the most conspicuous consequences of human-induced climate change. While bleaching events have clear ... -
Changes in local free-living parasite populations in response to cleaner manipulation over 12 years
(Springer, 2019)Predation on parasites is an important ecological process, but few experimental studies have examined the long-term impacts on the prey. Cleaner fish prey upon large numbers and selectively feed on the larger individuals ... -
Diversity of digenean trematodes of Clinus superciliosus (Linnaeus, 1758) from the coast of South Africa
(North-West University (South Africa), 2021)To date, 87 digenean species from 63 genera of 24 families have been described or reported from marine fishes in South Africa. However, when considering the range of available hosts along this biodiversity-rich coastline, ... -
Drought-associated absence of alien invasive anchorworm, Lernaea cyprinacea (Copepoda: Lernaeidae), is related to changes in fish health
(Elsevier, 2017)Recently, Mozambique tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus Peters, 1852) were listed on the IUCN Red List as near-threatened as their populations are at risk due to hybridization. Another factor that potentially contributes to ... -
Morphological and molecular characterization of an African freshwater fish trypanosome, including its development in a leech vector
(Elsevier, 2020)Trypanosomes are ubiquitous blood parasites of fishes and at least 16 species were originally described infecting African freshwater fishes. This number was later reduced to six and in the late 1990s it was proposed that ... -
Redescription of the fish parasitic “tongue biter” Cymothoa rhina Schioedte & Meinert, 1884 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Cymothoidae) from Singapore
(National University of Singapore, 2016)Cymothoa rhina Schioedte & Meinert, 1884 is redescribed from specimens collected in Singapore, the female of which is designated as neotype. Adult female Cymothoa rhina can be identified by the acute anterior margin of ... -
Review of the fish parasitic genus Elthusa Schioedte & Meinert, 1884 (Crustacea, Isopoda, Cymothoidae) from South Africa, including the description of three new species
(Pensoft, 2019)The branchial-attaching cymothoid genus, Elthusa Schioedte & Meinert, 1884 is a genus with a world-wide distribution of 36 species, including the three species described here. Elthusa raynaudii (Milne Ed-wards, 1840) is ...