Trematode metacercariae from the cranial cavity of African catfish Clarias gariepinus (Burchell, 1822) from Lake Tana, Ethiopia

Inland Water Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 160-164

  Zhokhov, A E ^a   Morozova, D A ^a   Tessema, A ^b  

^a PAPANIN INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGY OF INLAND WATERS   (Russian Federation)

^b Bakhir Dar Center of Investigations of Fish and Other Aquatic Organisms   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Clarias gariepinus; Description; Diplostomidae; Dolichorchis tregenna; Ethiopia; Trematoda; Tylodephys grandis

Indexed keywords

CRANIUM; FLATWORM; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; NEW RECORD; PARASITE; TELEOST;

ETHIOPIA; LAKE TANA;

CLARIAS GARIEPINUS; DIPLOSTOMATIDAE; SILURIFORMES; TREMATODA; TYLODELPHYS;

EID: 77954156508     PISSN: 19950829     EISSN: 19950837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S1995082910020094     Document Type: Article

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