Myxobolus franciscoi sp. nov. (Myxozoa: Myxosporea: Myxobolidae), a parasite of Prochilodus argenteus (Actinopterygii: Prochilodontidae) from the Upper São Francisco River, Brazil, with a revision of Myxobolus spp. from South America

Differentiation of Myxobolus spp. (Myxozoa: Myxobolidae) infecting roach (Rutilus rutilus) in Hungary

“…However, the number of papers describing new myxozoan species from North and South America (Cone et al 2004;Eiras et al 2010), from Asia (Baska et al 2009;Kaur and Singh 2010), from Africa (Abdel-Ghaffar et al 2008), and from marine fishes (Ali et al 2007) have been constantly increasing in recent years.…”

Phylogeny, ultrastructure, histopathology and prevalence of Myxobolus oliveirai sp. nov., a parasite of Brycon hilarii (Characidae) in the Pantanal wetland, Brazil

“…oliveirai sp. nov. was compared with all Myxobolus species previously reported in fish of South America (Azevedo et al 2010, Eiras et al 2010) and other geographic regions (Eiras et al 2005). Among the South American species, M. oliveirai sp.…”

“…The Myxobolus Butschli, 1882, is the genus with the greatest number of species (approximately 790 valid spe- cies) (Eiras et al 2005, Lom & Dyková 2006) and many of these species are reported as pathogenic to fish (Kent et al 2001, Feist & Longshaw 2006. In South America, 30 Myxobolus species have been reported (Azevedo et al 2010, Eiras et al 2010), but none have been reported to infect fish from the genus Brycon.…”

Morphology, ultrastructure and phylogeny of Myxobolus curimatae n. sp. (Myxozoa: Myxosporea) a parasite of Prochilodus costatus (Teleostei: Prochilodontidae) from the São Francisco River, Brazil

“…Myxobolus insignis Eiras, Malta, Varela and Pavanelli, 2005, was found infecting the lamellae of Semaprochilodus insignis Jardine and Schomburgk, 1841, from the Amazon River [9]. Myxobolus franciscoi Eiras, Monteiro and Brasil-Sato, 2010, has been described infecting the fins of Prochilodus argenteus Spix and Agassiz, 1829, from the São Francisco River, and Myxobolus lomi Azevedo, Vieira, Vieira, Silva, Matos and Abdallah, 2013, was found infecting the fins of P. lineatus from the Peixe River, in the state of São Paulo [10,11].…”