page_title: Pseudocrenilabrus philander
section_title: Parasites
hierarchical_section_title: Pseudocrenilabrus philander / Parasites
caption_attribution_description: English: Figure 2 of paper Light micrographs: A Whole mount of Cichlidogyrus philander stained with Horen's trichrome; B GAP-stained MCO; C GAP-stained haptor. Abbreviations: ap accessory piece; c cap; db dorsal bar; dg dorsal gripus; hp haptors; pe penis; u uncinulus; u11st uncinulus; vb ventral bar; vg ventral gripus. Scale-bars: A-B, 20 μm; C, 10 μm.
context_page_description: Pseudocrenilabrus philander or the southern mouth-brooder is a small species of haplochromine cichlid found in southern and central Africa. It was first described by the German-Dutch zoologist Max Carl Wilhelm Weber in 1897.
context_section_description: As most fish, Pseudocrenilabrus philander harbours several species of parasites. A specific parasite on its gills is the monogenean Cichlidogyrus philander. This parasite has been recorded in the wild in fish caught in Zimbabwe and South Africa.
caption: The parasitic monogenean Cichlidogyrus philander
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