Some helminth parasites of marine fishes of South Africa: families Enenteridae, Opistholebetidae and Pleorchiidae (Digenea)

1986/04/01 by Rodney A. Bray · 2 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Environmental Science · Immunology and Microbiology · #Biology #Digenea #Ecology #Fish Biology and Ecology Studies #Genus #Helminths #Key (lock) #Parasite Biology and Host Interactions #Parasites and Host Interactions #Taxon #Trematoda #Zoology

paper · doi:10.1080/00222938600770371

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Abstract

The following digeneans are described, recorded or figured from South African waters: Enenterum kyphosi and E. mannarense from Kyphosus vaigiensis; E. elsti, E. prudhoei, E. stinkvis sp. nov. and E. tongaatensis sp. nov. from Neoscorpis lithophilus; Pseudozakia hatampo from Pempheris oualensis; Opistholebes cotylophorus from Amblyrhynchotes honckenii; and Pleorchis sciaenae from Argyrosomus hololepidotus. The other taxa discussed are: family Enenteridae; genus Enenterum (including a key); and genus Opistholebes (syn: Pseudoheterolebes).

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