Swimming in Gyrodactylus rysavyi (Monogenea, Gyrodactylidae) from the Nile catfish, Clarias gariepinus

Acta Parasitologica

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 102-107

  El Naggar, Mohammed M ^a   El Naggar, Ahmed A ^a   Kearn, Graham C ^b  

^a Mansoura University   (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clarias gariepinus; Gyrodactylus rysavyi; Monogenea; Nile catfish; Swimming

Indexed keywords

CATFISH; CLARIAS; CLARIAS GARIEPINUS; GYRODACTYLIDAE; GYRODACTYLUS; MACROGYRODACTYLUS; MONOGENEA;

EID: 2942588595     PISSN: 12302821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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