Fig. 1.

Photomicrograph shows the morphological characters of cestodes, Tetracampos ciliotheca, recovered from the intestine of African catfish C. gariepinus. (A) Whole mount of the full-length worm; (B) Higher magnification showing elongated scolex, armed with 25–40 hooks arranged in two lateral semicircles, having a narrower and tapering end during movement, and contracted into a mushroom shaped structure at rest; (C) High magnification showing mature proglottids with female genital system in the middle of proglottids; (D) High magnification of gravid proglottids showing uterus filled with eggs