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ArticleParasites & vectors2023

First record of monogenean fish parasites in the Upper Lufira River Basin (Democratic Republic of Congo): dactylogyrids and gyrodactylids infesting Oreochromis mweruensis, Coptodon rendalli and Serranochromis macrocephalus (Teleostei: Cichlidae).

Gyrhaiss Kapepula Kasembele, Auguste Chocha Manda, Emmanuel Abwe, Antoine Pariselle, Fidel Muterezi Bukinga, Tine Huyse, Michiel Willem Paul Jorissen, Emmanuel Jean Willem Michel Nzambemalamu Vreven, Wilmien Jacoba Luus-Powell, Willem Johannes Smit and 3 more

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Gyrhaiss Kapepula KasembeleUnité de Recherche en Biodiversité et Exploitation durable des Zones Humides (BEZHU), Faculté des Sciences Agronomiques, Université de Lubumbashi, Haut-Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo. jrskasembele@gmail.com.
Auguste Chocha MandaUnité de Recherche en Biodiversité et Exploitation durable des Zones Humides (BEZHU), Faculté des Sciences Agronomiques, Université de Lubumbashi, Haut-Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo.
Emmanuel AbweUnité de Recherche en Biodiversité et Exploitation durable des Zones Humides (BEZHU), Faculté des Sciences Agronomiques, Université de Lubumbashi, Haut-Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo.
Antoine PariselleCNRS, IRD, Institut des Sciences de l'Évolution Montpellier (ISEM), Université Montpellier, Montpellier, France.
Fidel Muterezi BukingaSection de Parasitologie, Département de Biologie, Centre de Recherche en Hydrobiologie, Uvira, Democratic Republic of Congo.
Tine HuyseDepartment of Biology, Royal Museum for Central Africa, Leuvensesteenweg 13, 3080, Tervuren, Belgium.
Michiel Willem Paul JorissenDepartment of Biology, Royal Museum for Central Africa, Leuvensesteenweg 13, 3080, Tervuren, Belgium.
Emmanuel Jean Willem Michel Nzambemalamu VrevenDepartment of Biology, Royal Museum for Central Africa, Leuvensesteenweg 13, 3080, Tervuren, Belgium.
Wilmien Jacoba Luus-PowellDSI-NRF SARChI Chair, Department of Biodiversity, University of Limpopo, Sovenga, 0727, South Africa.
Willem Johannes SmitDSI-NRF SARChI Chair, Department of Biodiversity, University of Limpopo, Sovenga, 0727, South Africa.
Joseph Roderick SaraDSI-NRF SARChI Chair, Department of Biodiversity, University of Limpopo, Sovenga, 0727, South Africa.
Jos SnoeksDepartment of Biology, Royal Museum for Central Africa, Leuvensesteenweg 13, 3080, Tervuren, Belgium.
Maarten Pieterjan Maria VanhoveDepartment of Biology, Royal Museum for Central Africa, Leuvensesteenweg 13, 3080, Tervuren, Belgium.
Royal Museum for Central Africa · BEUniversity of Limpopo · ZAUniversity of Lubumbashi · CDCentre National de la Recherche Scientifique · FRHasselt University · BE

Funding

Special Research Fund of Hasselt University BOF20TT06VLIR-UOS South Initiative ZRDC2014MP084Wellcome Trust 101054
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundMonogenean parasites have never been formally reported on fishes from the Lufira River Basin. In this context, we decided to record the monogenean parasite fauna of three cichlid species found in the Upper Lufira River Basin for the first time by inventorizing their diversity (species composition) and analysing their infection parameters (prevalence, mean intensity and abundance).

methodsThe African cichlid fishes Oreochromis mweruensis, Coptodon rendalli and Serranochromis macrocephalus were selected for the study, given their economic value and their abundance in the Upper Lufira River Basin. Monogeneans were isolated from the gills and stomach, mounted on glass slides with either Hoyer's medium or ammonium picrate-glycerin for identification under a stereomicroscope, based on morphological analysis of genital and haptoral hard parts. Indices of diversity and infections parameters were calculated.

resultsA total of 13 gill monogenean parasite species (Cichlidogyrus dossoui, C. halli, C. karibae, C. mbirizei, C. papernastrema, C. quaestio, C. sclerosus, C. tiberianus, C. tilapiae, C. zambezensis, Scutogyrus gravivaginus, S. cf. bailloni and Gyrodactylus nyanzae) and one stomach monogenean (Enterogyrus malmbergi) were identified. A species richness (S) of 10 for O. mweruensis, S = 6 for C. rendalli and S = 2 for S. macrocephalus was recorded. Five parasite species were reported to be common amongst O. mweruensis and C. rendalli. According to cichlid species, the most prevalent parasite species was C. halli (prevalence [P] = 80.9%) on O. mweruensis, C. dossoui (P = 92.9%) on C. rendalli and C. karibae and C. zambezensis (both P = 9.1%) on S. macrocephalus. The parasite species with the highest mean intensity (MI) were G. nyanzae (MI = 8.7) on O. mweruensis, C. papernastrema (MI = 17.1) on C. rendalli and C. karibae (MI = 15) on S. macrocephalus. The findings indicate new host ranges for five parasites species (C. quaestio, S. cf. bailloni, E. malmbergi on O. mweruensis, C. halli on C. rendalli and C. karibae on S. macrocephalus) as well as new geographical records for all of them as they are recorded for the first time in the Lufira River Basin.

conclusionsThis study highlighted the richness of monogenean communities in the Upper Lufira River Basin and is a starting point for future helminthological studies, such as on the use of fish parasites as indicators of anthropogenic impacts.

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CichlidsFish DiseasesParasitesTrematodaAnimalsCebinaeDemocratic Republic of the CongoGillsRiversCichlidogyrusEnterogyrusGyrodactylusHaut-KatangaLake TshangaleleScutogyrus

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