[Description of three new monogenean gill parasites from Mormyrus rume (Valenciennes, 1846) (Teleostei: Mormyridae) in Ivory Coast].
The study of the gill parasites from elephant fish Mormyrus rume Valenciennes, 1846 (Teleostei: Mormyridae) from the Ayamé man-made Lake (Ivory Coast) revealed the presence of three new monogenean species of the genus Bouixella Euzet & Dossou, 1976, which can be mainly distinguished from all other species of the genus by the morphology and the size of the sclerotised parts of the haptor (dorsal and ventral anchor, dorsal and ventral bar) and by the size and the structure of the male copulatory organ. In this paper, descriptions of Bouixella gorei n. sp., Bouixella yaoi n. sp. and Bouvixella koutouani n. sp. are given.
Laboratoire d'Hydrobiologie, UFR Biosciences, Université de Cocody-Abidjan, 22 BP 582 Abidjan 22, Côte d'Ivoire.
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D000818:Animals; D007560:Cote d'Ivoire; D004555:Electric Fish / Q000469:parasitology*; D005260:Female; D005393:Fish Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*; D005880:Gills / Q000469:parasitology; D008297:Male; D010802:Phylogeny; D014200:Trematoda / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification*; D014201:Trematode Infections / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*