The infection of freshwater fishes with three species of Henneguya in Qena, Upper Egypt

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, South Valley University, Egypt

Abstract

It is so for the first time to do general survey
of protozoan parasites that infect freshwater fishes in Qena Province.
The total number of fishes examined were 581 belonging to 10 families
represented by 14 Species during the period from January 2006 to May 2008 . Three
species of Henneguya were recorded from two species of fishes. The first
species is suggested to be a new one called Henneguya mandouri sp.nov. The
second species is Henneguya assuiti, Mandour et
al
., 1988
and the third one is Henneguya nilotica,
Marwan, 1998.

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