
%0 Journal Article
%A Dove, A. D. M. 
%A Cribb, T. H. 
%A Mockler, S. P. 
%A Lintermans, M. 
%T The Asian fish tapeworm, <emph type="2">Bothriocephalus acheilognathi, </emph>in Australian freshwater fishes
%J Marine and Freshwater Research
%D 1997/04/18
%V 48
%N 2
%P 181-183
%K introduced fishes.
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/MF96069
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/MF96069 
%X Bothriocephalus acheilognathi was collected from 13 of 38 carp (Cyprinus carpio), 2 of 4 mosquito fish (Gambusia holbrooki), and 2 of 12 western carp gudgeon (Hypseleotris klunzingeri ) in waterways of the Australian Capital Territory and New South Wales. This is the first record of this parasite in Australia, and its presence in H. klunzingeri is a new host record. B. acheilognathi presumably arrived in Australia with its introduced fish hosts and has since crossed into native fishes. This cestode may infect other native fish species, a potential that is significant given the high pathogenicity associated with infection in other known hosts. 
