monogenetic trematodes
(skin and gill flukes)
Macrogyrodactylus polypter-malmberg
Macrogyrodactylus polypteri
Macrogyrodactylus simentiensis
Digenetic tremadoes
(tapeworms)
Proteocephalus
Proteocephalus pentastoma -may be found in P. bichir wildcaught from the Sudan
Proteocephalus sulcatus- may be found in P. endilcheri wildcaught from the sudan
Polyoncobothrium polypteri- may be found in P.bichir wildcaught in Egypt
Camallanus polypteri n. sp-.is described from Polypterus bichir in Lake Tingrela, Burkina Faso.
The adults lie in the intestines of it host as it sheds its eggsthey are pushed down the intestines and eventually into the water.Most if not all need an intermediate host .ie.the eggs are eaten by a small crustacean it in turn is eaten by a small fish which in turn is eaten by a bigger fish.A starving host may expell its tapeworm .
(parasitic crustaceans)
Lernaeidae (anchorworm)
Lernaea haplocephala - May be found on any wildcaught polypterid
This is a species of anchor worm i'd suggest parasite guard 3/4 dose
So you can see along with the more common parasites.We have some
species specific ones.Here i cannot help but bring up the importence
the practice of quartine is, especially with bichirs as many are wild-
caught .And the risk of contamination is to high.All new specimens really
need to be quaratineed for 4 weeks.
nematodes
Gendria polypteri in Polypterus senegalus(intestines)a
Rhabdochona congolensis(intestines)(nematoda)
Amplicaecum sp.(larva,type I)(intestines)(nematoda)
Batrachocamallanus siluranae, currently a parasite of clawed
toads, E. calabaricus may well serve as a paradefinitive host of the nematode species, which cannot attain gravidity in fishes.
The parasites of Polypterus endlicheri from the river Galma at Zaria, Nigeria,
84 Polypterus endlicheri collected from the river Galma at Zaria, Nigeria, between October 1971 and January 1972.
Gyrodactylus sp.(3)
Callodistomum diaphanum (5)
Polyonchobothrium polypteri (76)
Proteocephalus pentastoma (27)
Spirocamallanus spiralis (2)
C. diaphanum and S. spiralis are new host and geographical records, P. pentastoma is a new geographical record and Gyrodactylus is a new host record. Juvenile fish were much more heavily infected with Polyonchobothrium polypteri and had a bigger proportion of immature specimens than adults. The cestode occurred in all regions of the gut but was concentrated in the spiral valve in the area close to the point of entry of the bile duct into the intestine. The ratio of mature/immature worms was highest in the stomach and became progressively smaller towards the rectum.
Personal Authors: Shotter, R. A., Medaiyedu, J. A.
Author Affiliation: Dep. of Biol. Sci., Ahmadu Bello Univ., Zaria, Nigeria.
Editors: No editors
Document Title: Bulletin de l'Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire, Serie A
(skin and gill flukes)
Macrogyrodactylus polypter-malmberg
Macrogyrodactylus polypteri
Macrogyrodactylus simentiensis
Digenetic tremadoes
(tapeworms)
Proteocephalus
Proteocephalus pentastoma -may be found in P. bichir wildcaught from the Sudan
Proteocephalus sulcatus- may be found in P. endilcheri wildcaught from the sudan
Polyoncobothrium polypteri- may be found in P.bichir wildcaught in Egypt
Camallanus polypteri n. sp-.is described from Polypterus bichir in Lake Tingrela, Burkina Faso.
The adults lie in the intestines of it host as it sheds its eggsthey are pushed down the intestines and eventually into the water.Most if not all need an intermediate host .ie.the eggs are eaten by a small crustacean it in turn is eaten by a small fish which in turn is eaten by a bigger fish.A starving host may expell its tapeworm .
(parasitic crustaceans)
Lernaeidae (anchorworm)
Lernaea haplocephala - May be found on any wildcaught polypterid
This is a species of anchor worm i'd suggest parasite guard 3/4 dose
So you can see along with the more common parasites.We have some
species specific ones.Here i cannot help but bring up the importence
the practice of quartine is, especially with bichirs as many are wild-
caught .And the risk of contamination is to high.All new specimens really
need to be quaratineed for 4 weeks.
nematodes
Gendria polypteri in Polypterus senegalus(intestines)a
Rhabdochona congolensis(intestines)(nematoda)
Amplicaecum sp.(larva,type I)(intestines)(nematoda)
Batrachocamallanus siluranae, currently a parasite of clawed
toads, E. calabaricus may well serve as a paradefinitive host of the nematode species, which cannot attain gravidity in fishes.
The parasites of Polypterus endlicheri from the river Galma at Zaria, Nigeria,
84 Polypterus endlicheri collected from the river Galma at Zaria, Nigeria, between October 1971 and January 1972.
Gyrodactylus sp.(3)
Callodistomum diaphanum (5)
Polyonchobothrium polypteri (76)
Proteocephalus pentastoma (27)
Spirocamallanus spiralis (2)
C. diaphanum and S. spiralis are new host and geographical records, P. pentastoma is a new geographical record and Gyrodactylus is a new host record. Juvenile fish were much more heavily infected with Polyonchobothrium polypteri and had a bigger proportion of immature specimens than adults. The cestode occurred in all regions of the gut but was concentrated in the spiral valve in the area close to the point of entry of the bile duct into the intestine. The ratio of mature/immature worms was highest in the stomach and became progressively smaller towards the rectum.
Personal Authors: Shotter, R. A., Medaiyedu, J. A.
Author Affiliation: Dep. of Biol. Sci., Ahmadu Bello Univ., Zaria, Nigeria.
Editors: No editors
Document Title: Bulletin de l'Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire, Serie A
