Cichlidogyrus digitatus Dossou, 1982

Cichlidogyrus digitatus Dossou, 1982: 303-306, figs 10- 12.

Cichlidogyrus cf. brevicirrus – Paperna 1969: 864, figs 78, 79.

Cichlidogyrus halinus Paperna, 1969 (part): 860, 861, fig. 71 left drawing (individuals from Tilapia guineensis in the original description) (cf. Pariselle & Euzet 1996: 117, 118, fig. 10).

TYPE MATERIAL. — C. digitatus: Holotype: MNHN Tj116. Paratype: MNHN Tj117.

OTHER MATERIAL. — C. cf. brevicirrus: “ paratype ”: MRAC M.T. 35.586 from Tilapia discolor (Günther, 1903) (Paperna 1979) (see Remarks under Cichlidogyrus dionchus chapter below).

TYPE HOST. — C. digitatus: Tilapia zillii (Gervais, 1848) .

TYPE LOCALITY. — Ouémé, Benin.

ADDITIONAL HOSTS. — Tilapia guineensis (Bleeker, 1862) (Paperna 1969) . Tilapia dageti Thys van den Audenaerde, 1971, T. guineensis (Bleeker, 1862) and T. louka Thys van den Audenaerde, 1969 (Pariselle & Euzet 1996). Tilapia brevimanus Boulenger, 1911 (Pariselle & Euzet 1998).

SITE. — Gills.

ADDITIONAL LOCALITIES. — Volta Lake, Ghana on Tilapia guineensis (original description of C. halinus in Paperna 1969). Senegal, Guinea, Côte d’Ivoire and Congo on Tilapia guineensis (Pariselle & Euzet 1995c); Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea, Senegal, Mali and Gambia on Tilapia zillii, T. dageti, T. guineensis and T. louka (Pariselle & Euzet1996); Guinea on T. brevimanus (Pariselle & Euzet 1998) .

REMARKS

In our opinion, measurements and figures given in the original description of C. cf. brevicirrus by Paperna (1969) are almost identical to those of C. digitatus Dossou, 1982, with which this species had to be synonymised, despite the opinion of Paperna (1979), who synonymised it with C. dionchus .

Pariselle & Euzet 1996 synonymised a part of the individuals named C. halinus with C. digitatus (those found on Tilapia guineensis by Paperna [1969: fig 71 left drawing]).