Anisakidae, Railliet et Henry, 1912

Moravec, František & Jirků, Miloslav, 2017, Some nematodes from freshwater fishes in central Africa, Folia Parasitologica (033) 64, pp. 1-39 : 31

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.14411/fp.2017.033
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8148530
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/020F87FC-FFD9-FF91-B1F6-D8F939ECB0A2
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Anisakidae
status

Treatment

Anisakidae View in CoL View at ENA gen. sp. larvae

Host: Phenacogrammus aurantiacus (Pellegrin) (Characiformes: Alestidae ).

Site of infection: Swimbladder.

Locality: Forest stream near Mongambe research camp, 02°55'26''N; 16°23'24''E (Congo basin), DSPA, Central African Republic (collected 22 September 2012) GoogleMaps .

Prevalence and intensity: 2 fish infected/5 fish examined; 6 and 13 nematodes.

Deposition of voucher specimens: Not deposited.

Remarks. Closer identification of these small, little developed and poorly preserved nematode larvae was not possible. The shape of the ventriculum in one specimen indicates that the larva might belong to Multicaecum Baylis, 1923 .