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On Some Nematodes from the Freshwater Fishes of Ghana with the Description of a New Species, Spironoura petrei n.sp

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

L. F. Khalil
L. F. Khalil
Affiliation:
Commonwealth Bureau of Helminthology, St. Albans, Herts., England
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Mr. T Petre of the Volta Basin Research Project of the University of Ghana kindly entrusted the writer with some nematodes collected from the freshwater fishes of Ghana. As far as can be found from published literature there is no previous record of nematodes from the freshwater fishes of Ghana. In fact, the helminth parasites of the freshwater fishes of this country are inadequately known and only monogeneans, digenetic trematodes and a single acanthocephalan have so far been reported. This collection represents 3 different species of nematodes from various hosts, one of which is new to science and is named after Mr. Petre to whom I am most grateful

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Journal of Helminthology , Volume 44 , Issue 1 , March 1970 , pp. 63 - 68
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1970

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