The First Record of the Invasive Asian Fish Tapeworm (Schyzocotyle Acheilognathi) from An Endemic Cichlid Fish in Madagascar
| Autor: | Andrea Vetešníková Šimková, Tomáš Scholz, Roman Kuchta, J. Rasamy Razanabolana |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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0106 biological sciences
0301 basic medicine Medicine (General) Agriculture (General) Cestoda Zoology 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences new geographical record Perciformes S1-972 03 medical and health sciences R5-920 Acheilognathus Cichlid Madagascar Parasite hosting 14. Life underwater Schyzocotyle acheilognathi biology 030108 mycology & parasitology Cichlidae biology.organism_classification Biodiversity hotspot Invasive parasite Research Note Animal Science and Zoology Parasitology Ptychochromis |
| Zdroj: | Helminthologia Helminthologia, Vol 55, Iss 1, Pp 84-87 (2018) |
| ISSN: | 1336-9083 0440-6605 |
| Popis: | Summary The Asian fish tapeworm, Schyzocotyle acheilognathi (Yamaguti, 1934) (Cestoda: Bothriocephalidea), is an invasive parasite of freshwater fishes that have been reported from more than 200 freshwater fish worldwide. It was originally described from a small cyprinid, Acheilognathus rombeus, in Japan but then has spread, usually with carp, minnows or guppies, to all continents including isolated islands such as Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Cuba or Sri Lanka. In the present account, we report the first case of the infection of a native cichlid fish, Ptychochromis cf. inornatus (Perciformes: Cichlidae), endemic to Madagascar, with S. acheilognathi. The way of introduction of this parasite to the island, which is one of the world’s biodiversity hotspots, is briefly discussed. |
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