Table 2.
Wild cichlids sampled in 2021 (positive hosts in bold).
| Location | Cichlid species | Sampling date | No. of fish infected per fish examined | No. of larvae collected | Prevalence (%) | Mean intensity | Mean abundance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hod HaSharon park | Coptodon zillii | August | 0/60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sea of Galilee (Lake Kinneret) |
C. zillii Sarotherodon galilaeus Tristramella simonis Oreochromis aureus |
January–December | 0/11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0/92 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1/6 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 0.17 | |||
| 0/29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ein Afek |
C. zillii S. galilaeus |
May | 1/25 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0.08 |
| 0/4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Einot Tzukim (Ein Feshkha) |
C. zillii O. aureus |
October | 6/17 | 27 | 35 | 5 | 1.59 |
| 1/3 | 1 | 33 | 1 | 0.33 | |||
| Tel Saharon | C. zillii | July | 3/26 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 0.12 |