Coccidia (Eimeriidae) of Siluriformes (catfish)

Compiled by
Donald W. Duszynski and Lee Couch
Department of Biology, University of New Mexico
and
Steve J. Upton
Division of Biology, Kansas State University

Supported by NSF-PEET DEB 9521687

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Updated: 15 July 2000
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    FAMILY: Bagridae (Bagrid catfish)

  1. Eimeria sp. 2 of Dogiel and Akhmerov, 1959
    1. Host: Pseudobagrus fulvidraco (Yellow catfish)
    2. Reference: Dogiel and Akhmerov 1959

  2. Eimeria sp. 2 of Singhal, Swaran, and Davies, 1987
    1. non Eimeria aurati Hoffman, 1965
    2. Host: Rita rita (Rita)
    3. Reference: Singhal et al. 1987

    FAMILY: Clariidae (Airbreathing catfish)

  3. Eimeria huizhouensis Su and Chen, 1991
    1. Host: Clarias fuscus (White spotted clarias)
    2. Reference: Su and Chen 1991

    FAMILY: Ictaluridae (North American freshwater catfishes)

  4. Eimeria ictaluri Molnar and Fernando, 1974
    1. Host: Ameirus nebulosus (syn. Ictalurus nebulosus) (Brown bullhead)
    2. Reference: Molnar and Fernando 1974

    FAMILY: Mochokidae (Squeakers)

  5. Eimeria sp. of Inam, Ramaden, and Derahlli, 1987
    1. Host: Synodontis schall (Wahrindi)
    2. Reference: Inam et al. 1987

    FAMILY: Plotosidae (Eeltail catfish)

  6. Eimeria sp. of Setna and Bana, 1935
    1. Host: Plotosus canius (Gray-eel catfish)
    2. Reference: Setna and Bana 1935

    FAMILY: Siluridae (Sheatfish)

  7. Eimeria parasiluri Chen and Li, 1973
    1. Host: Silurus asotus (syn. Parasilurus asotus) (Amur catfish)
    2. References: Chen and Li 1973
    3. Remarks: The authors cite Lee and Chen, 1964 as the taxonomic authority, but provide no reference as to whether a description was actually published.

  8. Eimeria siluri Davronov, 1987
    1. Host: Silurus glanis (Wels catfish)
    2. Reference: Davronov 1987


References

Chen, Chih-leu and Li, Wan-Wei. 1973. An Illustrated Guide to the Fish Disease and Causative Pathogenic Fauna and Flora in the Hupei Province. Pulishing House Science, Institute of Hydrobiology, Wuhan, China. 456 pp.

Davronov, O. 1987. Coccidia from fishes of Uzbekistan. Parazitologiya (Leningrad) 21: 115-120.

Dogiel, V.A. and Akhmerov, A.C. 1959. New species of parasitic protozoa in fishes from river Amur. Ceskoslovenska Parasitologie 6: 15-25.

Inam, E.A., Ramaden, E.I., and Derahlli, F.S. 1987. On some intestinal protozoa infecting some Nile fishes in Egypt. Journal of the Egyptian Medical Association 47: 55-61.

Molnar, K. and Fernando, C.H. 1974. Some new Eimeria (Protozoa, Coccidia) from freshwater fishes in Ontario, Canada. Canadian Journal of Zoology 52: 413-419.

Setna, S.B. and Bana, R.H. 1935. IX.-Eimeria harpodoni n. sp., a coccidium from Harpodon nehereus (Ham. and Buch.). Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society 55: 256-260.

Singhal, R.N., Swaran, J., and Davies, R.N. 1987. A systematic survey of the endoparasites of cultured fish in Haryana (India). Zoologischer Anzeiger 218: 137-144.

Su, Xiao-Qun and Chen, Chih-leu. 1991. Four new species of Eimeria parasites from freshwater fishes (Eucoccidia: Eimeridia: Eimeriidae). Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 16: 263-269.