| determinants of the parasite community of clariid fishes from lake victoria, tanzania. | the factors that determine parasite assemblages among the clariid fishes of lake victoria, tanzania were studied between august 2003 and february 2005. six hundred and fifty-six fish belonging to seven species were necropsied and examined for parasites, from which 31 species of metazoan parasites were recorded. the community was dominated by the nematodes both in species and numbers. most species were generalists with only two trematodes, diplostomum mashonense and tylodelphys species, being spe ... | 2008 | 18005464 |
| variation in the morphometrics of diplostomid metacercariae (digenea: trematoda) infecting the catfish, clarias gariepinus in tanzania. | diplostomum species are economically important worldwide due to their metacercariae which parasitize the eyes of fish, in both natural and aquaculture systems. however, their striking morphological similarity, especially at the metacercarial stage, makes species separation difficult. three closely related diplostomid metacercariae, namely diplostomum mashonense (type 3), tylodelphys sp. 1 and 2 (type 1 and 2, respectively), coexist in the cranial cavity of the catfish, clarias gariepinus from mi ... | 2010 | 19619367 |