Seasonal occurrence and microhabitat specificity of Paradiplozoon ichthyoxanthon Avenant-Oldewage in Avenant-Oldewage et al., 2014 (Monogenea: Diplozoidae) infecting Labeobarbus aeneus (Burchell) (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from the Vaal Dam, South Africa: water quality and host size as determining factors?

Folia Parasitol (Praha). 2016 Feb 9:63:2016.004. doi: 10.14411/fp.2016.004.
No abstract available

Keywords: ecology; ectoparasite; epidemiology; gill arch; seasonality; smallmouth yellowfish.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Body Size
  • Cyprinidae / anatomy & histology
  • Cyprinidae / parasitology
  • Ecosystem*
  • Fish Diseases / epidemiology
  • Fish Diseases / parasitology*
  • Seasons*
  • South Africa
  • Trematoda / physiology*
  • Trematode Infections / epidemiology
  • Trematode Infections / parasitology
  • Trematode Infections / veterinary*
  • Water Quality*