Enterogyrus cichlidarum Paperna, 1963

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Enterogyrus cichlidarum Paperna, 1963

Enterogyrus cichlidarum Paperna, 1963: 183-186 , figs 1-3. — Bilong Bilong et al. 1989: 104, figs 4, 5.

Enterogyrus niloticus Eid & Negm, 1987: 79-84 , figs 1-4. — Khidr 1990: 741, 742.

TYPE MATERIAL. — Holotype: Hebrew University , Department of Parasitology, no specified number.

TYPE HOST. — Of E. cichlidarum : Tilapia zillii (Gervais, 1848) (first species cited by Paperna [1963]).

Of E. niloticus : Oreochromis niloticus (Linnaeus, 1758) .

TYPE LOCALITY. — Of E. cichlidarum: Rubin River, Israel.

Of E. niloticus: Barher Mouise, Nile River, Egypt.

ADDITIONAL HOSTS. — Sarotherodon galilaeus sanagaensis (Thys van den Audenaerde, 1966) and Tilapia nyongana Thys van den Audenaerde, 1971 ( Bilong Bilong et al. 1996).

SITE. — Stomach.

ADDITIONAL LOCALITIES. — Jordan and coastal systems, Israel ( Paperna 1979); South of Cameroon on O. niloticus ( Bilong Bilong et al. 1989) ; Sakbayémé, Sanaga Basin, Cameroon on Sarotherodon galilaeus sanagaensis and So’o, Nyong Basin, Cameroon on Tilapia nyongana ( Bilong Bilong et al. 1996) .

REMARKS

The comparison by Khidr (1990) of Enterogyrus species specimens from Tilapia zillii and Oreochromis niloticus in Egypt revealed no differences and led this author to synonymise E. niloticus with E. cichlidarum .