From the Atlantic Coast to Lake Tanganyika: Gill-Infecting Flatworms of Freshwater Pellonuline Clupeid Fishes in West and Central Africa, with Description of Eleven New Species and Key to <i>Kapentagyrus</i> (Monogenea, Dactylogyridae)

From the Atlantic Coast to Lake Tanganyika: Gill-Infecting Flatworms of Freshwater Pellonuline Clupeid Fishes in West and Central Africa, with Description of Eleven New Species and Key to <i>Kapentagyrus</i> (Monogenea, Dactylogyridae)

Unlike their marine counterparts, tropical freshwater clupeids receive little scientific attention. However, they sustain important fisheries that may be of (inter)national commercial interest. Africa harbours over 20 freshwater clupeid species within Pellonulini. Recent research suggests their most...

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Main Authors: Maarten P. M. Vanhove, Raquel Hermans, Tom Artois, Nikol Kmentová
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-12-01
Series:Animals
Subjects:
Africa
biodiversity infrastructure
Clupeidae
Clupeiformes
Dactylogyridea
flatworm
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/11/12/3578

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