Parasitic Nematodes of Freshwater Fishes of Europe

Book excerpt: The monograph is meant to provide basic data on fish nematodes, enabling their reliable determination in European conditions. It combines modern knowledge of the taxonomy, biology, and ecology of these parasites with keys for identification, diagnoses of higher taxa and descriptions and illustrations of all species parasitic in fishes as adults and larvae. It also gives data on their hosts, localization, distribution and in particular their life cycles and bionomy. Altogether 84 nematode species belonging to 48 genera of 17 families are dealt with in this way. The list of references includes about 570 papers. This publicaton is intended for parasitologists, veterinarians, workers i.