Table 1 The monogenean parasite species recovered from Oreochromis mweruensis, Coptodon rendalli and Serranochromis macrocephalus in the Upper Lufira River Basin
Parasite order | Parasite genus | Parasite species | Host species | No. of hosts examined | No. of hosts infected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dactylogyridea Bychowsky, 1937 | Cichlidogyrus Paperna, 1960 | C. halli (Price & Kirk, 1967) | Oreochromis mweruensis | 45 | 39 |
Coptodon rendalli | 29 | 4 | |||
C. dossoui Douëllou, 1993 | O. mweruensis | 45 | 19 | ||
C. rendalli | 29 | 25 | |||
C. sclerosus Paperna & Thurston, 1969 | O. mweruensis | 45 | 14 | ||
C. tiberianus Paperna, 1960 | O. mweruensis | 45 | 1 | ||
C. rendalli | 29 | 12 | |||
C. quaestio Douëllou, 1993 | O. mweruensis | 45 | 2 | ||
C. rendalli | 29 | 13 | |||
C. mbirizei Muterezi Bukinga, Vanhove, Van Steenberge & Pariselle, 2012 | O. mweruensis | 45 | 9 | ||
C. tilapiae Paperna, 1960 | O. mweruensis | 45 | 7 | ||
C. papernastrema Price, Peebles & Bamford, 1969 | C. rendalli | 29 | 15 | ||
C. karibae Douëllou, 1993 | Serranochromis macrocephalus | 11 | 1 | ||
C. zambezensis Douëllou, 1993 | S. macrocephalus | 11 | 1 | ||
Enterogyrus Paperna, 1963 | E. malmbergi Bilong Bilong, 1988 | O. mweruensis | 1 | 1 | |
Scutogyrus Pariselle and Euzet, 1995 | S. gravivaginus (Paperna & Thurston, 1969) | O. mweruensis | 45 | 20 | |
S. cf. bailloni Pariselle & Euzet, 1995 | O. mweruensis | 45 | 1 | ||
Gyrodactylidea Bychowsky, 1937 | Gyrodactylus Von Nordmann, 1832 | G. nyanzae Paperna, 1973 | O. mweruensis | 45 | 12 |
C. rendalli | 29 | 1 |