@article{fdi:010086367,
  title = {{S}pecies depauperate communities and low abundances of monogenean gill parasites at the edge of the natural distribution range of their cichlid hosts in northern {A}frica},
  author = {{L}ouizi, {H}. and {V}anhove, {M}.{P}.{M}. and {R}ahmouni, {I}. and {B}errada {R}khami, {O}. and {B}enhoussa, {A}. and {V}an {S}teenberge, {M}. and {P}ariselle, {A}ntoine},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{I}n {M}orocco, no work has been carried out on parasitic monogeneans of cichlid fish as far. {A}n examination of the gills of 375 fish from three native species of {C}ichlidae: {O}reochromis aureus, {C}optodon zillii and {C}optodon guineensis from different localities, revealed the presence of two monogenean species (1328 monogenean specimens were recovered from 56 fish specimens) belonging to the family {D}actylogyridae and to the genus {C}ichlidogyrus: three morphotypes of {C}. cirratus were identified from {O}. aureus and {C}. zillii; and {C}. cubitus was identified from {C}. guineensis. {T}his is the first time that these monogeneans were collected and identified in {M}orocco. {I}n addition, {O}. aureus was revealed as a new host for {C}. cirratus. {T}he low parasite species richness and intensity, appear to support the enemy release hypothesis, and have probably promoted the lateral transfer of parasites in natural populations between {O}. aureus and {C}. zillii, and the synxenic diversification of {C}. cirratus.},
  keywords = {{M}orocco ; {E}nemy release hypothesis ; {L}ateral transfer ; {M}orphotypes ; {S}ynxenic diversification ; {MAROC} ; {AFRIQUE} {DU} {NORD}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{H}ydrobiologia},
  volume = {850},
  numero = {10-11},
  pages = {2461--2471},
  ISSN = {0018-8158},
  year = {2023},
  DOI = {10.1007/s10750-022-05031-3},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010086367},
}