Parasitic infections of fish cultured in fresh and marine waters of subtropical and tropical
geographic regions are reviewed. The following parasites are discussed: Ectoparasitic …

Dactylogyridae is one of the most studied families of parasitic flatworms with more than 1000
species and 166 genera described to date including ecto-and endoparasites. Dactylogyrid …

Five-hundred and twenty-four species of monogeneans have been recorded in South
America: 43 from Argentina, one from Bolivia, 252 from Brazil, 29 from Chile, 15 from …

This study is the first investigation on seasonal dynamics of parasites component community
of the Aequidens tetramerus from an Amazon River tributary, in Northern Brazil. A total of …

Using network analysis, we looked for broad patterns of distribution of Monogenoidea gill
parasites on Neotropical freshwater fishes within a host phylogenetic framework. We …

Because host–parasite interactions are so ubiquitous, it is of primary interest for ecologists to
understand the factors that generate, maintain and constrain these associations …

Host-parasite coevolution is one of the main topics of the evolutionary biology of host-
parasite associations. The majority of monogeneans parasitizing fish exhibit a high degree …

The present study describes three new species of monogenean parasites of characid fishes
from the Upper Paraná River basin, Brazil: Characithecium paranapanemense n. sp. on …

Seven new species of Urocleidoides from the gills and skin of nine Neotropical fish hosts
(Anostomidae, Parodontidae, and Gymnotidae) are described: Urocleidoides digitabulum n …

A new genus of dactylogyrid monogeneans (Ancyrocephalinae), Paracosmetocleithrum n.
gen., is erected to accommodate P. trachydorasi n. sp. from Trachydoras paraguayensis …