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Title: | Metazoan Parasites of Mozambique tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus) Native to Lake Urema, Mozambique | Authors: | Smit, Willem J. VANHOVE, Maarten Moyo, Ngonidzashe A. G. Luus-Powell, Wilmien J. |
Issue Date: | 2023 | Publisher: | MDPI | Source: | Fishes, 8 (5) (Art N° 273) | Abstract: | Mozambique tilapia Oreochromis mossambicus (Peters, 1852), an important aquaculture species investigated herein, is at risk and listed as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List. During a preliminary survey conducted in 2011, 30 Mozambique tilapia from Lake Urema in Gorongosa National Park in central Mozambique, were examined for metazoan parasites. Two groups of ectoparasites were recovered consisting of two species of copepods and a monogenean. Endoparasites retrieved were in the larval stage and included one trematode and one nematode species. This study provides new parasite records for O. mossambicus in Mozambique and forms a baseline for monitoring against the presence of ichthyoparasites associated with the introduction in neighbouring systems of non-native fish such as Nile tilapia Oreochromis niloticus (Linnaeus, 1758), a fish of worldwide importance in capture fisheries and especially aquaculture. | Notes: | Smit, WJ (corresponding author), Univ Limpopo, NRF SARChI Chair Ecosyst Hlth, Sch Mol & Life Sci, Dept Biodivers, ZA-0727 Sovenga, South Africa. willem.smit@ul.ac.za |
Keywords: | freshwater fish parasites;Gorongosa National Park;invasive;Oreochromis niloticus | Document URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1942/40424 | e-ISSN: | 2410-3888 | DOI: | 10.3390/fishes8050273 | ISI #: | 000996159200001 | Rights: | 2023 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by/ 4.0/). | Category: | A1 | Type: | Journal Contribution |
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