Phyllodistomum Braun, 1899
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https://doi.org/ 10.5733/afin.054.0210 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/F85FF829-2632-8B2D-4E87-FCFEFC94CA8B |
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Felipe |
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Phyllodistomum Braun, 1899 |
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Genus Phyllodistomum Braun, 1899 View in CoL View at ENA
Eight species of Phyllodistomum have been recorded from African fishes ( Khalil & Polling 1997; Zhokhov 2010): Ph. linguale Odhner, 1902 from Gymnarchus niloticus Cuvier, 1829 , Ph. spatula ( Odhner, 1902) from Bagrus bajad (Forskål, 1775) and Bagrus docmak (Forskål, 1775) , and Ph. spatulaeforme ( Odhner, 1902) from Malapterurus electricus (Gmelin, 1789) from the Sudan; Ph. tana Zhokhov, 2010 from C. gariepinus from Ethiopia; Ph. ghanense Thomas, 1958 from Ctenopoma kingsleyae Günther, 1896 and Caecomastacembelus nigromarginatus (Boulenger, 1898) , and Ph. symmetrorchis Thomas, 1958 from Auchenoglanis occidentalis (Valenciennes, 1840) from Ghana; and Ph. vanderwaali Prudhoe & Hussey, 1977 and Ph. bavuri Boomker, 1984 from C. gariepinus from South Africa. The genus has also been recorded from several fish species in the Nile River in Egypt ( Mansour et al. 2003).
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