Checklist of the PARASITES OF FISHES of Malaysia

• Main Authors: Arthur, J. Richard 1948- (James Richard) (Author), Mohamed Shariff (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Serdang Penerbit Universiti Putra Malaysia 2015
• Subjects: Fishes > Parasites > Malaysia
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 The study of fish parasites in Malaysia dates back to more than a century, when a report on the Crustacea collected during the Cambridge University "Skeat Expedition" to the Malay Peninsula in 1899 - 1900 described the presence of parasitic isopod infecting freshwater fish. However, following this report no systematic studies on Malaysian fish parasites were done until the 1960s, when modern research on the country's fish parasites began. This book compiles the dedicated efforts of several Malaysian fish parasitologists and their students, who have published extensively on the taxonomy, lifecycles, ecology, pathology and treatment of parasites of freshwater and marine fishes. Also included are the many taxonomic and other studies conducted by foreign scientists, working both in Malaysia and in international laboratories. This checklist includes all pertinent literature dating from the year 1902 when the first record appeared through the end of 2013. Information is presented in the form of parasite-host and host-parasite lists.