Table 1 Species of Characidotrema recorded on the gills of African tetras (Alestidae)

C. auritum n. sp.

Brycinus imberi

South Africa

Pongola River

Present study

Zimbabwe

Lake Kariba

Present study

C. brevipenis Paperna, 1969

Alestes baremoze

Ghana

Lake Volta

[7]

Brycinus nurse

Ghana

Lake Volta

[7]

Senegal

Gambia River

Present study

Mare de Simenti

Present study

Sudan

Blue Nile

Present study

White Nile

Present study

Brycinus cf. nurse

Togo

Mono River

[3]

C. elongata Paperna & Thurston, 1968^a

Brycinus jacksonii

Uganda

Lake Victoria

[5]

Brycinus leuciscus

Ghana

Lake Volta

[7]

C. nursei Ergens, 1973

Alestes dentex (!)^b

Egypt (!)^b

–

[10]

Brycinus leuciscus (!)^b

Ghana (!)^b

Lake Volta (!)^b

[8]

Brycinus nurse

Egypt

Nile River

[9]

Sudan

Blue Nile

Present study

White Nile

Present study

Uganda

Lake Albert

[4]

C. nzoiae (Paperna, 1979)

Brycinus jacksonii

Kenya 

Nzoia River

[8]

C. pollex n. sp.

Brycinus nurse

Senegal

Gambia River

Present study

Sudan

Blue Nile

Present study

White Nile

Present study

C. regia Birgi, 1988

Brycinus kingsleyae

Cameroon

Nyong River

[11]

C. ruahae (Paperna, 1979) 

Brycinus imberi

Tanzania

Ruaha River

[8]

C. spinivaginus (Paperna, 1973) 

Brycinus nurse

Ghana

Lake Volta

[4]

Uganda

Lake Albert

[4]

Senegal

Gambia River

Present study

Sudan

Blue Nile

Present study

White Nile

Present study

C. spiropenis Birgi, 1988

Hemigrammopetersius pulcher

Cameroon

Nyong River

[11]

Phenacogrammus major

Cameroon

Nyong River

[11]

Phenacogrammus urotaenia

Cameroon

Nyong River

[11]

C. undifera Kritsky, Kulo & Boeger, 1987

Brycinus cf. nurse

Togo

Mono River

[3]

C. vespertilio n. sp.

Brycinus imberi

Cameroon

Boumba River

Present study

DR Congo

Lindi River

Present study

C. zelotes Kritsky, Kulo & Boeger, 1987

Brycinus nurse

Senegal

Gambia River

Present study

Sudan

White Nile

Present study

Brycinus cf. nurse

Togo

Mono River

[3]