Animalia > Platyhelminthes > Cestoda > Bothriocephalidea > Bothriocephalidae > Schyzocotyle > Schyzocotyle acheilognathi

Schyzocotyle acheilognathi

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Bothriocephalus acheilognathi, also known as the Asian tapeworm, is a freshwater fish parasite that originated from China and Eastern Russia. It is a generalized parasite that affects a wide variety of fish hosts, particularly cyprinids, contributing to its overall success.
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♦ 1Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
♦ 2Aspects of the length, mass, fecundity, feeding habits and some parasites of the shortfin minnow, Barbus brevipinnis (Cyprinidae) from the Marite River, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa, GWC Schulz and HJ Schoonbee, Water SA Vol. 25 No. 2 April 1999, p. 257-264
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0