<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The Asian fish tapeworm, <italic>Schyzocotyle acheilognathi</italic> (Yamaguti, 1934) (Cestoda: Bothriocephalidea), is an invasive parasite of freshwater fishes that have been reported from more than 200 freshwater fish worldwide. It was originally described from a small cyprinid, <italic>Acheilognathus rombeus</italic>, in Japan but then has spread, usually with carp, minnows or guppies, to all continents including isolated islands such as Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Cuba or Sri Lanka. In the present account, we report the first case of the infection of a native cichlid fish, <italic>Ptychochromis</italic> cf. <italic>inornatus</italic> (Perciformes: Cichlidae), endemic to Madagascar, with <italic>S. acheilognathi</italic>. The way of introduction of this parasite to the island, which is one of the world’s biodiversity hotspots, is briefly discussed.</p></abstract>

The Asian fish tapeworm, Schyzocotyle acheilognathi (Yamaguti, 1934) (Cestoda: Bothriocephalidea), is an invasive parasite of freshwater fishes that have been reported from more than 200 freshwater fish worldwide. It was originally described from a small cyprinid, Acheilognathus rombeus, in Japan but then has spread, usually with carp, minnows or guppies, to all continents including isolated islands such as Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Cuba or Sri Lanka. In the present account, we report the first case of the infection of a native cichlid fish, Ptychochromis cf. inornatus (Perciformes: Cichlidae), endemic to Madagascar, with S. acheilognathi. The way of introduction of this parasite to the island, which is one of the world’s biodiversity hotspots, is briefly discussed.

The first record of the invasive Asian fish tapeworm (<italic>Schyzocotyle acheilognathi</italic>) from an endemic cichlid fish in Madagascar

Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences

Department of Botany and Zoology, Faculty of Science

Department of Animal Biology, Faculty of Science

Helminthologia

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The first record of the invasive Asian fish tapeworm () from an endemic cichlid fish in Madagascar

The Asian fish tapeworm, Schyzocotyle acheilognathi (Yamaguti, 1934) (Cestoda: Bothriocephalidea), is an invasive parasite of freshwater fishes that have been...

The first record of the invasive Asian fish tapeworm (Schyzocotyle acheilognathi) from an endemic cichlid fish in Madagascar

Published Online: Jan 27, 2018

Page range: 84 - 87

Received: Aug 08, 2017

Accepted: Sep 21, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/helm-2017-0052

Keywords
Invasive parasite, new geographical record, Cestoda, Cichlidae, Madagascar

© 2018 T. Scholz et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

The first record of the invasive Asian fish tapeworm (Schyzocotyle acheilognathi) from an endemic cichlid fish in Madagascar

Published Online: Jan 27, 2018

Page range: 84 - 87

Received: Aug 08, 2017

Accepted: Sep 21, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/helm-2017-0052

KeywordsInvasive parasite, new geographical record, Cestoda, Cichlidae, Madagascar

© 2018 T. Scholz et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Invasive parasite, new geographical record, Cestoda, Cichlidae, Madagascar