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Parasite fauna in fish of the Kenyan coast Citable as data publication Martens E.; Geets G.; Moens J.; Department of Zoology, University of Nairobi; Department of Zoology, Kenyatta University: Kenya; Department of Biology, Limburg University Centrum: Belgium; (2016): Parasite fauna in fish of the Kenyan coast. https://doi.org/10.14284/169 Contact: Availability:  This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.Description List of found fish parasites (gill and intestinal) in different fish species of Gazi Bay, Nyali and the fish market in Mombasa. Prevalence and mean intensity of infection in Siganus sutor. The data were digitized by VLIZ from the original report: Polk, P.; Okemwa, E. N. (1993). Dynamics and assessment of Kenyan mangrove ecosystems n° TS2-0240-C (GDF): final report (April 1993). Vrije Universiteit Brussel: Brussel. 244 pp. more Fishes were sampled with fish traps and seine nets at Nyali area and Gazi Bay, while a first set of Siganus sutor was collected from the fish market in Mombasa. Scope Themes: Biology > Fish Keywords: Marine/Coastal, Ectoparasites, Endoparasites, Fish parasites, Gills, Infection, Intestine, ISW, Kenya, coast, Mombasa, Prevalence, ISW, Kenya, Coast, Gazi Bay, ISW, Kenya, Coast, Nyali, ISW, Kenyan Coast, Abudefduf saxatilis (Linnaeus, 1758), Copepoda, Crustacea, Digenea, Gerres oyena (Forsskål, 1775), Gnathiidae Leach, 1814, Hatschekiidae Kabata, 1979, Isopoda, Leptoscarus vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824), Lutjanus fulviflamma (Forsskål, 1775), Monogenea, Neorhadinorhynchus Yamaguti, 1939, Scarus ghobban Forsskål, 1775, Siganus sutor (Valenciennes, 1835) Geographical coverage ISW, Kenya, Coast, Gazi Bay [Marine Regions] ISW, Kenya, Coast, Nyali [Marine Regions] ISW, Kenyan Coast [Marine Regions] Taxonomic coverage Abudefduf saxatilis (Linnaeus, 1758) [WoRMS] Copepoda [WoRMS] Crustacea [WoRMS] Digenea [WoRMS] Gerres oyena (Forsskål, 1775) [WoRMS] Gnathiidae Leach, 1814 [WoRMS] Hatschekiidae Kabata, 1979 [WoRMS] Isopoda [WoRMS] Leptoscarus vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) [WoRMS] Lutjanus fulviflamma (Forsskål, 1775) [WoRMS] Monogenea [WoRMS] Neorhadinorhynchus Yamaguti, 1939 [WoRMS] Scarus ghobban Forsskål, 1775 [WoRMS] Siganus sutor (Valenciennes, 1835) [WoRMS] Parameters Presence of biota Contributors Publication Based on this dataset Polk, P.; Okemwa, E. N. (1993). Dynamics and assessment of Kenyan mangrove ecosystems n° TS2-0240-C (GDF): final report (April 1993). Vrije Universiteit Brussel: Brussel. 244 pp., more Dataset status: Completed Data type: Data Data origin: Research: field survey Metadatarecord created: 2016-06-30 Information last updated: 2016-06-30 | ||||
