Asian Journal of Biological Sciences1996-3351xxxx-xxxxScience International10.3923/ajbs.2017.110.120Myxobolus (Myxosporea: Myxobolidae), Parasites of Barbus callipterus Boulenger, 1907 in Cameroon]]>BenoitLekeufack Folefack Guy SorelDefoueng Nza Alex AbrahamFomena 32017103Background and Objective: Fish are vulnerable to various parasitic infections, out of which Myxozoa is emerging as the major group. Myxobolus Bütschli, 1882 is the largest genus within the Myxozoan fish parasites. The aim of the present study was to study Myxosporidia parasites of Barbus callipterus Boulenger, 1907. Materials and Methods: Cyprinid Barbus callipterus, sampled in the Sessaba river at Lebamzip in Cameroon was examined in the present study. Classic fishing methods, fish autopsy and search for myxosporidia parasites were used. Identification of parasite species was based on morphometric characteristics of spores. The arithmetic mean (m) values and interval confidence (2 Sm) of spore parameters was calculated. Results: Results were expressed as follow: m±2 Sm (minimal value-maximal value). The study revealed the presence of three new species of the genus Myxobolus. Myxobolus ngassami sp. nov. was found in fin, operculum, skin, eye and kidneys of the host. Its spores were ovoid, an intercapsular appendix was present and its polar capsules were unequal. Myxobolus sanagaensis sp. nov. was found in the heart with ovoid spore and unequal polar capsules. The spores of Myxobolus sessabai sp. nov. were found in skin and kidneys of the host. They were ovoid, with an intercapsular appendix and equal polar capsules. Conclusion: The study revealed that Myxosporidia parasite of Barbus callipterus was made of three new species: Myxobolus ngassami sp. nov., Myxobolus sanagaensis sp. nov. and Myxobolus sessabai sp. nov. The predominance of the genus Myxobolus in the fauna of Myxosporidia parasites of fish was confirmed.]]>Vivien, J.,2012Fomena, A.,19951995Folefack, G.B.L.,20102010Nchoutpouen, E.,2015Oreochromis niloticus Linneaus, 1758 and Labeo parvus Boulenger, 1902.]]>2015Jurine, L.L.,18251825Lom, J. and I. Dykova,19921992pp: 159-235pp: 159-235Lom, J. and I. Dykova,200653136Eiras, J.C.,2002Henneguya Thelohan, 1892 (Myxozoa: Myxosporea: Myxobolidae).]]>524354Eiras, J.C.,2006Ceratomyxa Thelohan, 1892 (Myxozoa: Myxosporea: Ceratomyxidae).]]>654971Eiras, J.C. and E.A. Adriano,2012Henneguya Thelohan, 1892 (Myxozoa: Myxosporea, Myxobolidae) described between 2002 and 2012.]]>8395104Eiras, J.C., K. Molnar and Y.S. Lu,2005Myxobolus Butschli, 1982 (Myxozoa: Myxosporea: Myxobolidae).]]>61146Eiras, J.C., A. Saraiva, C.F. Cruz, M.J. Santos and I. Fiala,2011Myxidium Butschli, 1882 (Myxozoa: Myxosporea: Bivalvulida).]]>8081116Eiras, J.C., J. Zhang and K. Molnar,2014Myxobolus Butschli, 1882 (Myxozoa: Myxosporea, Myxobolidae) described between 2005 and 2013.]]>881136Fiala, I., P. Bartosova-Sojkova and C.M. Whipps,20152015pp: 85-110pp: 85-110Fomena, A.,19861986Fomena, A. and G. Bouix,1986Myxidium Butschli, 1882.]]>43319333Fomena, A. and G. Bouix,1987Henneguya Thelohan, 1892 and Thelohanellus Kudo, 1933.]]>10143 53Fomena, A. and G. Bouix,1994108481491Fomena, A. and G. Bouix,1996Henneguya Thelohan, 1892 (Myxozoa: Myxosporea) parasites of fresh water fishes in Cameroon.]]>110413423Fomena, A. and G. Bouix,199737161178Fomena, A. and G. Bouix,199749117132Fomena, A. and G. Bouix,2000Henneguya mbakaouensis sp. nov., Myxobolus nounensis sp. nov. and M. hydrocyni Kostoingue and Toguebaye, 1994. Myxosporea (Myxozoa) parasites of Centropomidae, Cichlidae and Characidae (Teleosts) of the Sanaga basin in Cameroon (Central Africa).]]>7209214Fomena, A., G. Bouix and E. Birgi,1985Myxobolus Butschli, 1882.]]>46167192Fomena, A., A. Marques and G. Bouix,1993Oreochromis niloticus (Linnaeus, 1757) (Teleost, Cichlidae) in fish-farming pools at Melen (Yaounde, Cameroon, Central Africa).]]>1974556Fomena, A., A. Marques, G. Bouix and T. Njine,1994Myxobolus bilongi sp. n., Thelohanellus assambai sp. n. and Thelohanellus sanagaensis sp. n., Myxosporidian parasites of Labeo sp. (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) in the Sanaga Basin in Cameroon Central Africa).]]>3131142Fomena, A., C. Farikou-Oumarou, I.I. Tang and G. Bouix,2007Thelohanellus njinei sp. nov. and T. Lagdoensis sp. nov, Myxosporidia (Myxozoa: Myxosporea) parasites of schilbeidae and citharinidae fishes in Cameroon (Central Africa).]]>14113119Fomena, A., G.B.L. Folefack and C. Tang,2007Myxobolus (Myxosporea: Myxobolidae) parasites of fresh water fishes in Cameroon (Central Africa).]]>711711178Fomena, A., G.B.L. Folefack and G. Bouix,2008Henneguya (Myxozoa: Myxosporea), parasites of fresh water fishes in Cameroon (central Africa)].]]>493103Fomena, A., G.B.L. Folefack and G. Bouix,2010Myxidium (Myxosporea: Myxidiidae) parasites of fresh water fish in Cameroon].]]>17916Nchoutpouen, E. and A. Fomena,2011Myxobolus (Myxosporea: Myxobolidae) parasites of Labeo parvus Boulenger, 1902, Cyprinid fish in Cameroon].]]>3825082517Stiassny, M.L.G., G.G. Teugels and C.D. Hopkins,20072007L’Hote, Y., P. Dubreuil and J. Lerique,19962385565Olivry, J.C.,1986Lom, J. and J.R. Arthur,1989Myxosporea.]]>12151156Sakiti, N., E. Blanc, A. Marques and G. Bouix,1991Myxobolus spp. (Myxozoa, Myxosporea) Butschli, 1882 parasite on Cichlidae of Lake Nokoue in Benin (West Africa)].]]>105173186Basu, S., B.K. Modak and D.P. Haldar,2015Myxobolus Butschli, 1882 (Myxozoa: Myxosporea: Bivalvulida) from food fishes of West Bengal, India-a light and scanning electron microscopy study.]]>488389Madhavan, R., P.B. Bandyopadhyay and B. Santosh,2013Myxobolus Butschli, 1882 from minor carps of Tripura, India.]]>375661Kabre, G.B., N.G. Sakiti, A. Marques and L. Sawadogo,1995Myxobolus comoei sp. nov. and Myxobolus burkinei sp. nov., New histozoic myxosporidia in two Teleosteens: Clarias anguillaris and Labeo coubie caught in the fisheries of Burkina Faso (West Africa).]]>4484955Seenappa, D. and L. Manohar,1981Myxobolus (Myxosporea: Protozoa), parasitic in Cirrhina mrigala (Hamilton) and Labeo rohita (Hamilton), with a note on a new host record for M. Curmucae Seenappa & Manohar, 1980.]]>28358360Gupta, S. and S. Khera,1989Myxobolus haldari sp. nov. (Myxozoa: Myxosporea) from freshwater fishes of North India.]]>40281291Longshaw, M., P. Frear and S.W. Feist,2003Myxobolus buckei sp. n.(Myxozoa), a new pathogenic parasite from the spinal column of three cyprinid fishes from the United Kingdom.]]>50251262Chen, Q.L. and C.L. Ma,1998Bykhovskaya-Pavlovskaya, I.E. and B.E. Bykhovski,19408131161Keysselitz, G.,19082542543Ma, C.L.,199310117Masoumian, M., F. Baska and K. Molnar,1996Myxobolus bulbocordis sp. nov. (Myxosporea: Myxobolidae) from the heart of Barbus sharpeyi (Gunther) and histopathological changes produced by the parasite.]]>191921Shulman, S.S. and G.H. Shtein,19621962pp: 5-235pp: 5-235Sarkar, N.K.,199649510Molnar, K., S. Marton, E. Eszterbauer and C. Szekely,2007Myxobolus gayerae sp. n. and re-description of M. Leuciscini infecting European chub from the Hungarian stretch of the river Danube.]]>78147153Carriero, M.M., E.A. Adriano, M.R.M. Silva, P.S. Ceccarelli and A.A.M. Maia,2013Myxobolus and Henneguya genera with several new South American species.]]>2013Kumari, P.S.,196930153226Ibragimov, S.R.,1977Myxobolus (Protozoa: Myxosporidia) from barbels of the River Leukoranchai (Azerb. SSR).]]>11537538Tripathi, Y.R.,1952506388Markevitsch, A.P.,193299297303Molnar, K., E. Eszterbauer, S. Marton, C. Szekely and J.C. Eiras,2012Myxobolus fauna of common barbel from Hungary and Iberian barbel from Portugal.]]>100231248Ali, M.A., K.A.S. Al-Rasheid, T. Sakran, A.A. Abdel-Baki and F.A. Abdel-Ghaffar,2002Myxobolus (Myxozoa: Myxosporea) infecting freshwater fish of the River Nile, Egypt and the impact on their hosts.]]>88915Alvarez-Pellitero, M.D.P. and C. Gonzalez-Lanza,1985Myxobolus spp. of Barbus barbus bocagei from the river Esla (Leon, NW Spain).]]>26312Reed, C.C., L. Basson and L.L. van As,2002Myxobolus species (Myxoa), parasite of fishes in the Okavango River and Delta, Botswana, including descriptions of two new species.]]>498188Landsberg, J.H. and J. Lom,1991Myxobolus/Myxosoma group (Myxobolidae: Myxosporea), current listing of species and revision of synonyms.]]>18165186Miroshnichenko, A.I.,1980Myxobolus impressus n. sp., a new myxosporidian (Cnidosporidia, Myxosporidia) from freshwater fish in the Crimea.]]>93839Molnar, K., M. Masoumian and S. Abasi,1996Myxobolus spp. (Myxosporea: Myxobolidae) from Iranian barboid fishes.]]>147115123Daniyarov, M.R.,1975Myxobolus (Myxosporidia, Bivalvulea) of fish from Kafirnigan River Basin and Chilu-Char Chashma Springs (Tadzhik SSR).]]>186768Masoumian, M., F. Baska and K. Molnar,1994Myxobolus karuni sp. n. and Myxobolus persicus sp. n. (Myxosporea, Myxozoa) from Barbus grypus of the River Karun, Iran.]]>272126Fantham, H.B.,193027376390Thelohan, P.,189526100394Lom, J.,1969Myxobolus.]]>1697103Dogel, V.A.,19321932