Cichlidogyrus sclerosus Paperna & Thurston, 1969

Cichlidogyrus sclerosus Paperna & Thurston, 1969: 23, 24, fig. 4. — Douëllou, 1993: 164-166, fig. 4.

Cichlidogyrus bangladeshi Ferdousi & Chandra, 2002: 50-52, fig. 1.

TYPE MATERIAL. — Holotype: MRAC M.T. 34.288 from type host.

Paratype: M.T. 35.576 from hybrid (Paperna 1979); Voucher specimen: MNHN 127 HF (Douëllou 1993).

TYPE HOST. — Oreochromis mossambicus (Peters, 1852) (Paperna 1979) .

TYPE LOCALITY. — Kajansi, Uganda.

ADDITIONAL HOSTS. — Oreochromis niloticus (Linnaeus, 1758), O. leucostictus (Trewavas, 1933), Haplochromis sp. and Tilapia zillii (Gervais, 1848) (experimental infestation). Hybrid between O. mossambicus and O. niloticus, O. spilurus niger (Günther, 1894) and O. aureus (Steindachner, 1864) (Paperna 1979) . Oreochromis mortimeri (Trewavas, 1966) and Serranochromis macrocephalus (Boulenger, 1899) (Douëllou 1993) .

SITE. — Gills.

ADDITIONAL LOCALITIES. — George Lake, Uganda on Oreochromis niloticus and Haplochromis sp.; Jinja, Uganda on O. leucostictus; Kajansi ponds, Uganda on Oreochromis spilurus niger, O. niloticus and Tilapia zillii; Jinja and Victoria Lake, Uganda on O. leucostictus; Fish pounds, Coastal Plain, Israel on O. aureus . Kariba Lake, Zimbabwe on O. mortimeri and Serranochromis macrocephalus (Douëllou 1993) . BFRI fish farm ponds, Bangladesh (on introduced O. mossambicus; Ferdousi & Chandra 2002).