Datum: 12.11.2018

A Guide to the Parasites of African Freshwater Fishes

Scholz et al. 2018

A Guide to the Parasites of African Freshwater Fishes
Tomáš Scholz, Maarten P.M. Vanhove, Nico Smit, Zuzana Jayasundera & Milan Gelnar (Editors)

Forthcoming in December 2018; 421 pages
ISSN 1784-1283 (hard copy); ISSN 1784-1291 (on-line pdf)
ISBN 978-9-0732-4238-8 (hard copy); ISBN 978-9-0732-4239-5 (on-line pdf)
D/2018/0339/1 (hard copy); D/2018/0339/2 (on-line pdf); NUR 910
Publisher: CEBioS, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, 2018; 29 Vautier Street, 1000 Brussels– www.naturalsciences.be
Free copies (and pdf copy of the book) upon request to publisher

 

The description (abstract)
The rivers and lakes of Africa contain almost 25% of the world’s 13,000 freshwater fish species and are second only to South America in species richness. These fish are parasitised by a wide range of organisms that can be detrimental to both farmed and wild fishes with consequent effects on economic development, and often on human health. Knowledge of these parasites in African freshwater fishes is limited and this book is intended to promote and advance understanding of African fish parasites by providing information on the best techniques for investigating fish and their parasites and keys to parasite identification. The first comprehensive list of all known freshwater fish parasites in Africa is presented here, with information on their known hosts and distribution, keys to all genera and representative illustrations for every genus. This information should facilitate and stimulate the development of fish parasitology on the African continent which has great potential for aquaculture and fishery development.

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