B. Kostoingue et al., Presence of Myxosporidea (Myxozoa : Myxosporea) of the genus Henneguya Thelohan, 1892 in freshwater fishes from Chad (Central Africa), ACT PROTOZ, 40(2), 2001, pp. 117-123
Examination of some freshwater fishes from Chari and Logone rivers of Chad
(Central Africa) revealed the presence of Myxosporidea species of the genus
Henneguya Thelohan, 1892. They are: H. auchenoglanii sp. n. in Auchenoglan
is occidentalis (Valenciennes, 1840) (Bagridae), H. logonensis sp. n. in Ci
tharinus citharus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1809) (Citharinidae), H. mailaoe
nsis: sp. n. in Mormyrus cashive (Linne, 1784) (Mormyridae), H. massii sp.
n; in Lates niloticus (Linne, 1762) (Centropomidae), H. mormyri sp. n. in M
ormyrus cashive (Linne, 1784) (Mormyridae) and H. branchialis Ashmawy, Abu-
Elwafa, Imam and El-Otifi, 1989 in Clarias anguilaris (Linne, 1758) (Clarii
dae). All these species infected the gill filaments of their hosts and form
ed cysts.