Myxosporidian (Myxozoa, Myxosporea) parasites of Cichlid fishes from Cameroon, Senegal and Chad with a description of two new species

Examination of Cichlid fishes belonging to the genera Oreochromis, Tilapia, Sarotherodon, Hemichromis, Konia, Stomatepia, Pungu, Nanochromis and Chrom idotilapia from Cameroon, Senegal and Chad revealed the presence of 19 myxo sporidian species belonging to the genera Sphaerospora Thelohan, 1892, Myxo bolus Butschli, 1882 and Henneguya Thelohan, 1882. Two of these species are new: Myxobolus gandiolensis from kidney of Tiliapia guineensis and Hennegu ya sarotherodoni from intestine of Sarotherodon galilaeus. The following pr eviously described species found are: Sphaerospora melenensis, S. tilapiae, Myxobolus agolus, M. beninensis, M. brachysporus, M. camerounensis, M. cla rii, M. equatorialis, M. fotoi, M. galilaeus, M. heterosporus, M. homeospor us, M. israelensis, M. kainjiae, M. sarigi, M. tilapiae and M. zillii. Thes e myxosporidia infested numerous organs and tissues. Some of them form cyst s. (C) 2000 Editions scientifiques et medicales Elsevier SAS.