First Azygiid Reported from Africa or a Characiform Fish: Plenivitellinum kifi n. gen., n. sp. (Digenea: Azygiidae) Infecting the Gut of African Tigerfish, Hydrocynus vittatus Castelnau, 1861 (Characiformes: Alestidae) from the Kavango River.

Triet Nhat TruongHaley Rebecca DuttonEdward Charles NetherlandsLouis Heyns DuPreezFrancois Jakob JacobsStephen Ashton Bullard

Published in: Acta parasitologica (2024)

This study documents the first record of an azygiid from Africa and the first record of an azygiid infecting a characiform fish.

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