title: [Two new species of Myxidium (Myxosporea: Myxidiidae) parasites of fresh water fish in Cameroon].
abstract: The study of Myxosporidia infecting Clarias pachynema Boulenger, 1903 (Clariidae), Ctenopoma petherici Günther, 1864 (Anabantidae) and Parachanna obscura (Günther, 1861) (Channidae) from the basin of Nkam in Cameroon, revealed the presence of two new species of Myxosporidia of the genus Myxidium Bütschli, 1882, all found in the gall bladder of their hosts. These new species were: Myxidium nkamensis n. sp., found in Clarias pachynema and M. sangei n. sp. found in the gall bladder wall of Parachanna obscura. Two other species, Myxidium petrocephali Fomena and Bouix, 1986 and M. distichodi Kostoïngué, Faye and Toguebaye, 1998 were found in new hosts. The list of Myxidium species parasitizing African fresh water fishes is given.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de biologie générale, Faculté des sciences, Université de Yaoundé I, BP 812, Yaoundé, Cameroun. abfomena@yahoo.fr
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fomena
authors.forename: Folefack G B
authors.initials: FG
authors.lastname: Lekeufack
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bouix
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001541:Benin; D002050:Burkina Faso; D002163:Cameroon; D017753:Ecosystem; D004534:Egypt; D005393:Fish Diseases / Q000145:classification / Q000469:parasitology*; D005399:Fishes; D005618:Fresh Water; D005704:Gallbladder / Q000469:parasitology; D055764:Myxozoa / Q000145:classification*