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Gyrodactylus species (Monogenea: Gyrodactylidae) on the cichlid fishes of Senegal, with the description of Gyrodactylus ergensi n. sp. from Mango tilapia, Sarotherodon galilaeus L. (Teleostei: Cichilidae)

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The first record of Gyrodactylus species Nordmann, 1832 on the cichlid fish from Senegal is reported. Gyrodactylus parasites were found on four host species studied, Hemichromis fasciatus, Hemichromis letournaeuxi, Oreochromis niloticus, and Sarotherodon galilaeus. Gyrodactylus cichlidarum Paperna (Bamidgeh 13:14–29, 1968) were collected from H. fasciatus, and its identity was confirmed based on the morphometrical comparison with the holotype specimens of G. cichlidarum. Only one specimen of Gyrodactylus sp. was noted on H. letournaeuxi. The gyrodactylid specimens on O. niloticus and S. galilaeus were described as Gyrodactylus ergensi n. sp. based on the detailed morphometrical analysis supported by sequencing. The haptoral sclerites of G. ergensi n. sp., which closely resemble those of Gyrodactylus nyanzae Paperna, 1973, are compared with the type material and discussed. A partial sequence of the internal transcribed spacer recombinant DNA (ITS rDNA) was obtained from two specimens of G. ergensi, and a close relationship between G. ergensi n. sp. and G. cichlidarum is suggested based on 92% similarity in ITS rDNA region.

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We would like to thank Eileen Harris from the Natural History Museum, London, Dr. Rudy Jocqué from the Musée Royal de l’Afrique Central, and Dr. Jimmy Cassone from the Muséum National d`Histoire Naturelle, Paris for the loans of the deposited specimens. The collection of material was supported by the Grant Agency of the Czech Republic (IAA 6093404). Iva Přikrylová was partly supported by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic (Ichthyoparasitology Research Centre, project number LC522) and the Research Project of Masaryk University (MSM 0021622416).

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Přikrylová, I., Matějusová, I., Musilová, N. et al. Gyrodactylus species (Monogenea: Gyrodactylidae) on the cichlid fishes of Senegal, with the description of Gyrodactylus ergensi n. sp. from Mango tilapia, Sarotherodon galilaeus L. (Teleostei: Cichilidae). Parasitol Res 106, 1–6 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-009-1600-0

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