Cichlidogyrus sclerosus Paperna & Thurston, 1969

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Cichlidogyrus sclerosus Paperna & Thurston, 1969

Cichlidogyrus sclerosus Paperna & Thurston, 1969: 23 , 24, fig. 4. — Douëllou, 1993: 164-166, fig. 4.

Cichlidogyrus bangladeshi Ferdousi & Chandra, 2002: 50-52 , fig. 1.

TYPE MATERIAL. — Holotype: MRAC M.T. 34.288 from type host.

Paratype: M.T. 35.576 from hybrid ( Paperna 1979); Voucher specimen: MNHN 127 HF ( Douëllou 1993).

TYPE HOST. — Oreochromis mossambicus (Peters, 1852) ( Paperna 1979) .

TYPE LOCALITY. — Kajansi, Uganda.

ADDITIONAL HOSTS. — Oreochromis niloticus (Linnaeus, 1758) , O. leucostictus (Trewavas, 1933) , Haplochromis sp. and Tilapia zillii (Gervais, 1848) (experimental infestation). Hybrid between O. mossambicus and O. niloticus , O. spilurus niger (Günther, 1894) and O. aureus (Steindachner, 1864) ( Paperna 1979) . Oreochromis mortimeri (Trewavas, 1966) and Serranochromis macrocephalus (Boulenger, 1899) ( Douëllou 1993) .

SITE. — Gills.

ADDITIONAL LOCALITIES. — George Lake, Uganda on Oreochromis niloticus and Haplochromis sp.; Jinja, Uganda on O. leucostictus ; Kajansi ponds, Uganda on Oreochromis spilurus niger , O. niloticus and Tilapia zillii ; Jinja and Victoria Lake, Uganda on O. leucostictus ; Fish pounds, Coastal Plain, Israel on O. aureus . Kariba Lake, Zimbabwe on O. mortimeri and Serranochromis macrocephalus ( Douëllou 1993) . BFRI fish farm ponds, Bangladesh (on introduced O. mossambicus ; Ferdousi & Chandra 2002).