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Table 10 Parasitic infection of Chrysichthys nigrodigitatus and Sarotherodon melanotheron in Ibasa and Ilase creeks, Lagos

From: Bioaccumulation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, histopathological alterations and parasito-fauna in bentho-pelagic host from Snake Island, Lagos, Nigeria

Parasites

Gut parasites

Host

Ilase

Ibasa

Protozoa

Myxosporidial cysts

C. nigrodigitatus

0.20

0.35

S. melanotheron

  

Lamellasoma spp.

C. nigrodigitatus

0.10

0.00

Trematode

Aspidogastrea africanus

C. nigrodigitatus

0.25

0.10

Cestode

Wenyonia minuta

S. melanotheron

0.10

0.20